Salt Lake Telegram | 1927-08-13 | Page 5 | Death Sentence Abolition Urged

1 I URGED Prison Association r Favors rs Coordinated i J State Systems tj J j I j TACO IA Wash Aug 13 AP- AP Abolition of capital punishment and coordination of prison systems in 1 all the states was favored by Wilham Wll- Wll f t lIam ham Franklin Penn president ot of J the American Prison association In his address t at the opening of the I annual convention of the 1 tion here last night r The root of the evil in the prison system of the United States is the the failure to coordinate ate the systems ot of the forty eight states Penn saId I 1 advocate the formation of state commissions In each state to keep keepin in touch with the systems of other 4 states and unify prison operation Among his recommendations r were 4 Work for all prisoners at a a. read rea wage age general adoption of l' l the indeterminate sentence reasonable tea tea- I restriction of the sale of firearms divorcing court procedure dure dure- prison management law en and prosecution front frOm politics abolition of technicalities as a basis for delaying court trials fewer peremptory challenges of ju- ju tore and verdicts on the vote of nine out of twelve jurors