Salt Lake Herald | 1900-05-03 | Page 4 | Local News

Spain has baa Introduced ced a reform 1 in the carrying out of the death penalty Ex Executions will be no DC longer public and criminals will not riot be exposed d to public I view e In I l the prison chapel for four hours hourn before being put to death as in the past The object of f this cus custom custom tom torn was to 40 enable the criminal to pre pro prepare prepare pare pai for death and to allow the public nubile to join j in jn in praying for his soul The ef of effect feet of it will he be to reduce toe the brutal brutalizing brutalizing izing influence of capital punishment When the gallows used to be erected on ott on some eminence in this country cou try and criminals executed in the view vi w of thou thousands thousands sands children took to th the work and gossips gossip to discussing ng such scenes as matters of neighborhood con concern concern concern cern The tendency tende y was demoralizing and brutalizing and served to bring the severest seer penalties of the Ja lav v into con contempt contempt contempt tempt It may be several years 1 ars before bt re r Spain becomes progressive enough to abolish the death d penalty p altogether I t