Show j r I Why Bother I 0 OFFICERS from Salt Lake county are now in Rawlins Wyo Vo to return n Frank Fore I former Utah convict to Salt Lake to stand trial trial- on a charge of receiving stolen prop prop- erty eity It seems like we are going a long along long ways t to get a man we are re well rid r d of for precedent precedent prece prece- dent int would seem to demand the early ret re re- t se of f Fore For in the event that he is con- con le Yi Fore it wll be remembered was arrested fox fort beating an un underworld campanion to death deatha x a little more than two years ago He was permitted permitted permitted per per- to plead to voluntary manslaughter and nd was vas sent to to the Utah prison for an indeterminate inde terminate term He apparently soon won the confidence o of the state board of pardons and was released little mode than thana was ws after se serving ving a a year Considering this crime and the penalty exacted it seems like a waste of time and money to bring him back to answer a little charge harge like th the one now pending Surely the board of pardons would not be inclined ici fo be harsh with him for receiving stolen stole goods after forgiving him for killing a man As more and more repeaters come back to the Utah institution it is surprising that the board of pardons does not r readjust adjust its course 1 i of f conduct 4 t j Punishment of criminals ought to take into account to some extent at least the ther r recommendations s of the trial judges Under existing existing procedure these recommendations are more or less ignored Once a man is convicted convicted con con- and committed to the prison he takes on new hope for then he is no longer subject to the rulings of the state courts but a subject subject sub sub- for the whims and fancies of the board of pardons If Utah must continue with the indeterminate sentence farce it at l least ast should provide an independent board to terminate sentences thereby relieving relie the majority members members members mem mem- bers of the board of the power to do what they could not do in their judicial offices and which they would not do if they held strictly to to the ideals of their profession |