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Show r A Good Start 4 , J ; TUPGE L. B. WIGHT of the criminal division ' ; J of the Third district court has established a , ;; good deterrent for crime In Utah. It Is the l .; heavy sentence for men found guilty of violent i ; crimes in the. effort to live without working. I ;I Life imprisonment for the confederates of ! l Tom Burns, slayer of Detective G. B. Hamby, has j been recommended by Judge Wight. The sen-: sen-: j tence may seem stiff to habitues of the under-- under-- ; world, but it is in thorough accord with determi- nation to suppress crime in this slate. . It Is .a good precedent and one that should '.I stand as a warning to other criminals, considering Utah a likely field for operations. In the past ! ?w .years society at large has been pampering j: criminals and this fact, no doubt, ii responsible for much of the increase in crime recorded In J', recent months, j j. ' Long sentences, conforming to the principle 1 j. of justice, are In order. It is the only way in j ; which the crime wave can be checked and it is ,: pleasing to note that Utah has made a good ' start In a few words, it is time to consider the ; , - rights of the victims of thugs and criminals more j than the particular Interests of the convicts- them-. them-. ; selves. This is what Judge Wight has started to do and It is to be hoped the state prison authorities will endeavor to see that the recommendations recom-mendations of the district court, stern as they :. may seem, are faithfully carried out. |