Show 1 S S Getting Nowhere S I f S 4 S lm MT RS s MADAL MADALYNNE CONNOR IAIN AIN f tried f for r the murder of John Belton KenS Ken Ken- Kennedy S nedy in Los os Angeles is n neither ither guilty gu nor innocent innocent inno inno- cent p before eJ re e the law Her trial resulted in a jury juryS S disagreement which made the effort to reach a a. S f f. f hopeless The preponderance of the thet theS t thought favored the state the jury stand jury stand to 1 3 for conviction convi tion and nd hanging at allS all S times j tS But under the law this means nothingS nothing nothing- S tic Ine 1 ury jury j ry must agree unanimously on its verdict Rhee he e this decision cannot be reached the trial of results It s In in a dead d ea d heat h eat S v I C California should be getting tired tired of the serJ serice ser- ser J ice J ven n by her juries Roscoe Fatty ArD Ar- Ar D js is is now undergoing his third trial two j juries fi failing to reach a decision by the facts presented pre pre- s in two previous trials Arthur C C. Burch arrested with Mrs in will face the court courtS S for the second time next week His first trial resulted resulted re- re re-I re suIted in ina a deadlocked jury and no v verdict S Indications are that Mrs r too will wi I face another nother jury All Air of of these trials that h have ve g gone ne before constitute lost lost motion in the the administration administration admin admin- of f justice Thousands or of dollars are c 5 S. S 4 t S S if 5 rt a- a aa V a S S O X r I J- J N tJ spent by the state and the defense efe se to pres present nt the facts to the jury It becomes becomes' a a total loss when the jury fails to rea reach h a a decision If the the tendency ten ten- I den dep dency y continues the cost of justice will be made mad prohibitive and the existing jury system will have hav to b be be r revised Juries such as have afflicted California in re recent cent months render no service They neither satisfy the state nor the defendant Every defendant defendant de- de defendant de de- before the public courts should be entitled entitled en en- titled to a definite decision in a trial Th The de deadlocked deadlocked dead dead- d- d locked jury leaves the cloud hanging without fastening guilt upon the accused The tendency is not peculiar to California It is to be found foun throughout th the the Country country and is on one which dem demands the best American thought for a solution The condition must be be changed if the fundamental principles of our judicial system are to Endure |