Salt Lake Telegram | 1930-10-24 | Page 16 | The Law's Delay |

Type	issue
Date	1930-10-24
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Rights	No Copyright - United States (NoC-US)
Publisher	Digitized by J. Willard Marriott Library, University of Utah
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Article Title	The Law's Delay
Type	article
Date	1930-10-24
Paper	Salt Lake Telegram
Language	eng
City	Salt Lake City
County	Salt Lake
Page	16
OCR Text	1 r- r The Laws Law's Delay 1 I IT Ir F came as something of a surprise the other othe day to read that the government had filed filec in ill the District of Colu Columbia court of appeals a a l' l brief seeking to uphold the conviction o of Albert B B. Fall who vho is still trying to escape Jio if e i s 's s imprisonment ori 1 given n him for taking a fro froinE E. E L. L y Offhand one VJ he lav suppo supposed that that case cas had been settled long Jong ago But since ince nW vas Jt po not tb the wh th whole le b business Is si ess js worth looking into into not because of any burning desire de sir sire to see Fall FahE behind b hind the bars but because illustrates illustrates' the of the life case so perfectly delays American criminal law The offense complained of was first aired In the senate more than Ulan six years Jears ago During During Dur- Dur ing hg- all all' of the time since then it has dragged dragg d along long through one cour court after another r In six years years' time our legal machinery ha has not hot notable yet b been en able to decide finally wh whether ther Fall pall Falls Fallis is s innocent or guilty What a commentary on the snail like pace that justice has taken in twentieth century America 1
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