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Show Justice Cross-Eyed "Fixing the jury," declares Atty. Fomerene, who is prosecuting Fall and Sinclair, "strikes at the very heart of the judicial system and the Constitutional processes of the government." ' ' . .. , The maximum penalty for such crime is ?d000 line and six years' imprisonment. A chicken-stealing penalty for assassination of the government! gov-ernment! Verily, Justice is cross-eyed. The composite of all rights and all hopes of orderly government is in that word "Justice," justice as administered admin-istered by a judicial system. No form of government can long endure without the impartial administration of justice. The parties who corrupt elections or "fix" juries ae guilty of the highest of cimes assassination of tho government. And 'heir punishment should fit their crimes. Scores of men have been hanged, hundreds are now in prison for life for smaller crimes. |