Show e. e i i ORT HORT TIME IWar Ba Bar AssociationS Association rs S and Others Unusual Leniency l Men HEY WENT FREE t s for which sixty eight re paroled or condition condition- pardoned in Ore- Ore oV 17 to December ag follows low PAROLES I robbery ery armed with us weapon apon 2 med with a a. dangerous 1 of t r ed 1 money money under false 4 i 2 8 C 6 dwelling d 2 sault salt I 5 36 AL PARDONS t to rob 2 armed with witha a weapon pon a ah I E t 3 sault h 4 ter Sk ti 1 1st 1st st and second degree deglee 11 o od other offenses 2 31 ULL PARDON 1 Ore March 26 By U. U r Oregon continues to ard Adams Adam's apple a aJI JI se If It the freeing of ot 14 tithe state penitentiary's Acting Governor Roy recommendations of ot the theIs Is board during Decem- Decem ly 11 recently that the sum sumIe sume Ie e prisoners turn turned d loose checked and pronounced Th period ex- ex ni 17 11 to De- De During that time a num- num aes f men pardoned was 1 and the list was During January was learned upon executive clemency sixty eight prisoners Of rr received a full pardon L conditional pardons and were were released on parole Is ers shown clemency r l serving long terms gl for first or orgree gre gree e of the crime an and d co convicted of criminal as- as ve murderers who were ed an average of 01 seven seve n Vand and one half months o of ot f ems elms Seven of the twelve I after the abolt abol- abol filho t ho death penalty and Two of ot ire a were Chinese tong i nit d ci for killings during durington is coast ton tong wars two SATES TES I ili ii tt of ot sl sixty eight was wasI I known wn until the Oregon anon disquieted by what l a wholesale I to o literal I gates ajar policy to I of the the- state pa- pa and nd ascertain the reasons i Lb the acting governor Sim L accord with the theco c co commendations Tj r Olcott conditionally one life prior to Oregon gon for the eastern Iran ian executive business Roy RItner as president at n the 1921 legislature h power in ine e with the law in Oregon oe time Ritner took over of government of t government the parole no ne forward with its long The parole l parole officer and n of the tho penitentiary wig wl wIs had all agreed upon sixty eight mem- mem official brood the tho acting discovered unanimity of I them I yero er mutterings of the protest as Jn individual pris- pris ay l f them murderers were o men one of them popular opinion at ata a that with a new gov- gov iu to oust Olcott and a af f about to be bo set get up In the commonwealth It was not unnatural for the retiring administration ad- ad ministration including the warden to reward those whom it considered had made a sincere effort to reform UPROAR FOLLOWS The Tho statewide uproar which follower follower follower fol fol- lower the revelation of the full tull list of pardons and paroles was not engendered en- en engendered engendered en en- gendered by a disbelief in the good faith of the recommending body nor of the acting governor but because of the tho serious nature of the crimes in which some of the men had been involved and because of ot the fact that public opinion in Oregon has become stern in its attitude towards crime This was indicated when ata at ata ata a recent election tho the death penalty was restored as tho the maximum price to be bo paid by the murderer Ritner in public statements both to the press and at gatherings before be before be- be fore tore which ho had been invited to speak defended what he had done and the parole board and others In Involved Involved involved In- In did lid the same It appeared Inevitable that the antagonism aroused would be Into some sort port of official action and it was no surprise when the Oregon State Bar association turned its tiT tiT- of official I board spotlight on the parole The result of the investigation was a voluminous report calling attention at attention attention at- at to the provisions of ot the state regarding paroles and pardons pardons pardons par par- board dons and rebuking the parole for tor its alleged lack of thorough investigation Investigation in investigation In- In before recommending clemency for such a largo a assortment assort assort- sort sort- ment of the penal lenal institution institutions colony Tho The report concluded with a n quotation from the report Ort of a special special Barje Bar Dar cial committee of tho the American sub sub- dealing with this je association t The quoted quoted report said sald First F we find that t the parole and probation probation proba proba- tion laws as ns administered cry very gen fall fail to accomplish the tho purposes our pur for which the laws were re- re poses and weaken the administration tion of criminal Justice responsible for to such euch adminis administration Those ThoRO of or the purposes M overlook t ration I HI Is a a. deterrent punishment utterly the safety of the therY public l purpose of of the and defeat the very rY I I law |