Show BROKEN PROMISES N the current issue of or the Utah Bar Bulletin Bulletin Bulle- Bulle tin Adolph L. L Jensen associate professor of law at the University of Utah makes certain certain certain tain recommendations for Utah's prison and parole system that might well be given con con- At every meeting of the board of pardons pardons pardons par par- dons a long list of prisoners demanding clemency clemency clemency clem clem- ency must be considered Time after time cases are considered of murderers whose crimes merited the death penalty degenerates degenerates degenerates degen degen- who for the safety of society are better kept under guard and men who have only commenced to serve long and well-deserved well sentences Dr Jensen recommends that the rules of eligibility for parole application be revised so liat eat at the number of applications be reduced A 0 about half the present number He also recommends that the Utah parole be extended to reduce the number of terminations of sentences of prisoners de declaring declaring de- de claring daring that the average time served by Utah prisoners only prisoners only years years would would be lengthened lengthened lengthened length length- ened in this manner In discussing the need for the wider ap application application application ap- ap of the parole system he points out that of offenders who served sentences In the state prison from 1922 to 1927 62 per percent percent percent cent have been arrested subsequently not a strong indication of a desire for reform on the part of the released men or of fear of such light punishment as their previous offenses brought them In other words though the very word parole implies promise of good behavior 62 per cent of the prisoners favored under the present system do not manifest any desire to keep their end of the bargain or show even the slightest gratitude |