Show L fl t- t 1 If Injustice Justice Could See I S SS IN S SA SAVING the lives of of Richard Loeb and andI I Nathan Nathan Leopold Jr university at s and contemptuous murderers of Robert Franks Judge John Johr R. R Caverly of the Cook county courts conde condemns ns himself to the public scorn He has set an anevil anevil evil precedent for American jurisprudence one te which excuses to some extent a scattered ft tendency 9 to fo to administer justice juste through the the mob without the aid of of- the of-the the law The sanc- sanc Iffy of the law and land the infinite infinite wisdom of Js justice e what tb becomes co es of f th these se ideals under n ei I NIl decisions 1 IIO s like hike that rendered by the Chicago magistrate n te j f 7 y Your children and mine and mine ine in the home and andin rd ni I ithe in the sCh school ol are being behig- taught that justice is determined d and d blind to th the strata established bi b- i in the social structure by the commercial commer- commer cia cial standards of f the day They are told that the law is indivisible that indivisible that it applies alike to Io the rich and land the that poor poor that justice is determined by th the acts of the individual un un- 5 swayed by money favor or influence They I are re taught at every step of life that the l law w of of the land is the thelast last word in the regulation regulation regulation regula regula- II tion of human conduct and that whosoever transgresses shall shall be punished according to to toChe the Che he written code S 1 Noble ideals are these I Unfortunate that they hey should be destroyed by one sw sworn rn to uphold them one who should be e the essence of ff al all alI the the g goodness the law professes to h have ve and to hold Useless to attempt to analyze the he judicial reasoning back of the verdict S Ve We know what a a. good part of f the public will ill say It is inevitable that Q a certain ele- ele will attribute the v verdict to the riches of tf of the he families involved Wrong perhaps but 5 how else can f these people account for a verdict so from the facts Regardless Regardless Regardless Re Re- of whether for a a. price or a purpose Judge Caverly blasts the faith of the Ameran Amer Amer- American ican c an n p people ople in that which holds them together the the law Dont Don't forget that these men are are guilty th thy they y are murderers architects of the perfect crime which h by the way was the theS S most Cst revolting killing on record in Ill Illinois nois These hese men are guilty by their own consent They have haye affected nothing but pride in the claim They are guilty by a preponderance i. i f evidence eviden e submitted to the court Th They y are e guilty by the conclusions of the trial ju judge ju ge The judge himself says there are no iti circumstances that the mental question queston ques- ques I ton ion tion is beside the is issue ue In the fac face of this I Ie he e has the audacitY jo to save them from the fate ie which them the law says and intended shou should d bel j Dj theirs 5 S 1 Why hy Be Because ause they are young I Because f the ey have not attained the technical age of 21 1 years ars they are entitled to the mercy of fr c court urt for slaying in cold blood one mu much h hf f O nger A Ad Aid d for for this Judge Caverly a erly prayed jio Jus God tor guidance Ex Examine the reci rec- rec i g ponder the facts you can reach no other ther than this that the law h has s not been Q controlling ke-controlling controlling factor in in n the he Chicago dis dis- dis- dis gr grace ace ce Loeb and Leopold were saved from frome e g gallows Not by the and r riches hes i. i ir r their families Not by mitigating circumstances circum- circum stances jances Not by their own men mental tat income incompetence etea eten e e What then e gj rE By their youth an element which tl th law lav v vi does i t take e i into to acco account nt in the commission I high crimes Out of df the law and a perol per- per ol oll l whim of the judge can this be the justice w we prate of in our homes and in our ur ch 1 Is th the Is law final when one man can c above it and destroy it for a personal persona Conviction If Judge averly has com corn H p against the the d death ath tt sentence f for fo oung murderers he ascended to a t public trust t I t by fraud and deception The public public- expects of f tire the jurist jurista a a fidelity to duty to the I i l law w which shall come before family and I a and before S 'S personal id ideas as and to 1 vic vic- t I J'S J J S S W h ti ns If his personal code t is at va variance ian with the law he deceives his people when he accepts accepts' the o oath th of office By the decision of Judge Caverly every youth who has not attained the technical age of 21 years is licensed to kill without fear of f the death penalty or is it merely rich youths un under er the age of 21 Is there a boy or or ora a girl of school age in all these United States who does not know that it is morally legally and spiritually wrong to slay a fellow being The assumption that youth is s a defense for murder is more than thana a condemnation of f t the e reasoning of the man I that takes it it is an insult to the intelligence of of a law abiding citizenship Loeb and LeOpold Leopold Leb- Leb Leo LeO- will gain their release in a a few years Ju Judge ge Caverly will carry arry his punishment for life S I |