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Show u: IUYK ,tllK LAW. A colemporary haa aa editorial Ibn morning on lha atihjeclot Ilia lenlenwe fur prleonera, and In dliouielog Ihe iit'Jecteaya thai "In Ih caaa of life pri'ooera the moot enlightened thought on tha eul Jeot doolarra II beet tp fig limit of yaara for aucb prleoner, without with-out any reduction of time for any I oauie, and whan that baa beau lerved ! their life la deemed to bare been ex I ptred and they ara reel .red lo tbelr liberty, Thlt peilod of Imprisonment la gf nerally placed at Iwen'y-flvo I yeara. Whan a men or woruao baa apen! twenty-five yeara In a prliou there la little lltellhuod that ha or aba will ba menace to luoletjr. " 1 hen II adde: "Tnera ahould ba aoma aucb law In thla rJlale." Kor Ihe anllghtonniint of our 09lem-porary, 09lem-porary, In a friendly way, we tuigoil that Ha lael aiulence ought lo be changed aa aa to Inform lie readera (and wrllere) that ''there la auch a law In Ihla Hlala" peiaed by lha laat Legislature. Hoalloo 'JR of lha rilale pntoo law provide thai any life prisoner "who baa now or hereafter ehall havaaerved under aald aantenoe twenty-five full year, may ba allowed to go upon parole otttatde ol tba bulld-Inta bulld-Inta nod Inoluauret, but to remain while on parole In tba legal cuatody ud under tba control of lha board, and iuhest at any time to be taken liaoa within lha Inoloaara of laid In-all-tullon." The Hlate Legl.atur waa fully ahreaat of tha 'moal eullgbtened thought on Ihe tuhject;" and the life prlanner who eeaaea lo ba a meuec to ioclaly gala full liberty at tba and ot Iwenlv-Bve yeara' aervloe. Th peace of aoolely la also guaided by a proviiloo far retaking, without ledloue formality, re releaeed prliouer who vloletea the confldancej tepoved In him and thereby there-by InaUlaoii being a menace lo aoctety, The Utah law la all right. |