Nogales international., 1934-07-21
Payment OF The Supreme Penalty
Bv Those Who Take Human Lite


the state prsonmore than usual attention was a'iace'
r. then, for two reasons One the manner OF the exc
cnon by ethal gas The other was the TACT that e We
TINS were young mcn really boys two OF the age ol 10
one, 10. . A., ox
MANY protests some bitter sent to the prso1
ord state authorities Many directed at the pardon
inc board In all pleas made on the ground OF
the youth the doomed men, 1t seemed not TO nave oc
cred to those who made the protests that the pardon&
board in declining to intervene to save these youths
have been motivated by OF dutythat as honest
law abiding citizens the members of the board cou noi
ha hwarted the law because they believed that It was
hard and cruel law We have had not only here but gene
aly throughout the country, almost from the inception
TIE republic much Of this private nte1retao
Of cur In jury boxes too much effect has been give
to these interpretations That think IS the chief reaSo
why the United States the most criminal nation On earth
why life and property less secure here than anywhere
else in the world.
But getting to the main subject-the age at whic
1u1erers should legally be put DEATH there must some
where be line between capital punishment and lesse
punishment It may sometimes be difficult if not lmpos
sble exactly fix that line but these recent tn
victims of the leha chamber we'll the side of
sponsibiity for their crimes
The crimes of which they convicted were f.end
sh In the slayer aged 49, though foster
child of good home had left early and put into
fomatory from which he escaped and west to tn
natural death of felon. AS to the other two victims the
could only plead in extenuation that they drunk,
plea that the law does not authorze otherwise every
with murder in his heart could render himself immune t.
the severest punishment by getting drunk before
mttng the crime
But what purpose could there have been in permitting
these youths to live? If the full intent Of the law authorz
ing life Imprisonment alternative Of capital punish
ment could have been carried out life would have been
most miserable existence
But worse than that, as life Imprisonment terms go il
this country those boys alive the penenary would
impered the lives of lawabdng citizens after they may
have escaped have been parod padoned That they
would in way have reganed freedom altogethe
likely.
About 60 years ago the whole country horrifie}
by the crimes against small children of youth of Is II
Massachusetts He sentenced to Imprisonment for life
That sentence believe still in force Until three year
ago the prisoner kept thoroughly isolated the
world He then transferred to another place of con
fnement and while the way he may seen an auto
mobile airane and might have heard for the first
time radio
What has this miserablly prolonged life been worth &c
the hoy murderer? What has it been worth to the state
or to his relatives and friends The execution of
in the early 70s of last century would have beer
an act of mercy to him. 1t would have given some addition
security to society which would then have been
that he was no longer threat
We stress too much we think the sac1edness in all cir
cumsances Of human life If human life is ever sacred O,
important it to be when possessor of has
forfeited It, by failing to recognize the sacreness of the
life of another (Arizona Repubc)
Correct this senence "She is most attractive but 9th
er women never gossip about herr
physician predicts that in SO years kissing will be {
thing of the past. 1t will be for lot of u.s.
The trouble with this enormous national debit is tha
Uncle Sam may be supplemented enough to pay It,
Some go on a vacation for change of scenery; others
Of us move the old desk to another window
The current program for home improvement should
include improving the of its inmates
In states the saloon is back but filling stations
have effectuay blocked the of the corner saloon