Salt Lake Telegram | 1923-01-25 | Page 7 | Capital Punishment

vI v- v I C Capital pital Punishment rit 1 j r UNDER INDER conditions now prevailing the Utah tah l legislature cal cai ill afford to tamper with wit the death penalty as fixed in the existing laws A I proposal to abolish capital punishment in Utah Uth is I said to be in the process of formation for pi presentation presentation presen presen- sen-I sen tation to the present sessi session n There is is' is now and always has been grounds for mora moral arguments inthe inthe in inthe I the exaction of the death penalty There ar are many who believe it is is' is fundamentally rong wrong 1 There are others who believe it is s the only means available for violent crimes In the present emergency however the proposal proposal proposal pro pro- must be considered beyond the fundamental tal al argument Even the most enthusiastic of those who who- would who would abolish c capital apitaI pital pun punishment nt agree iree ree that if it is i is' is abolished life tife imprisonment t should take its place pace At the present time there is is no such thing a as life tife imprisonment Men who are sentenced to spend the rest of their days in prison on an average serve less than ten years So it is that capital punishment cannot be supplemented b by life imprisonment A life t term tm rm with th good goo s of being bein reI released sed under un er Jep ten en 1 years would b be beno no io deterrent to to tp times crimes which ar arnow arenow are arenow now disco discouraged r ge b by capital punish punishment ent Reg Regardless Regard Regard- rd- rd less Jess of whether c capital pital punishment is right or r wrong conditions which b prevail in Uta Utah w would uld seem to make the existing law Jaw lawan Jawan an essen essential ial p part rt of the protection which society demands in its present form of organization What society ne needs ds today is more and not Jess less Jess protection from the vi violent lent criminal I