Salt Lake Telegram | 1914-07-25 | Page 15 | Every Twelfth Man in Germany Has a Criminal Record

EVE Y TWElfTH MAN MANIN IN GE GERMANY MANY HAS A CRIMINAl 1 l Y RECORD ECORD BERLIN July 25 Thero There are many Interesting phases of the tho proposal to tobe to be laid tho Reichstag this year I for tor a revision ro of tho penal codo whereby where where- whereby t b by a n convicted person if ho he conducts blamelessly los ly for a period of years rears ears may completely absolve himself from the tho stigma of crime so far as official official of of- records g go gc At present statistics aha show that every overy twelfth person person erson in Germany is is vor vor that i is hI has a criminal rec rec- ord Tho conviction con ma may bo be for tor only only a potty misdemeanor but after meet mec meet ng all requirements Ifor for puni punishment under tho law tho the guilty person is isI I made to suffer in many man ways from this blot blob upon his record Upon later conviction for crimes the they lo loco loso o the benefit of milder penalties pen persons of blameless records and their credibility as witnesses turf suf sut- suffers fers and tho they havo difficulty difficult in in findIng findIng find find- Ing employment While mile this rule rulo holds to some extent in man many countries inGerman in German Germany it is is carried to a n greater length than elsewhere A A. sou young man who has bas been fined for allowing his is do dog doh to run in a park for instance is 13 no DO longer a J. J person o ot of blameless life within the tho statute givIng give 1 ing Ins youths of a certain grade of education tion the right to perform their militar military mili mili- tar tary in in ono one instead of two or three years cars These are oro only a a. few of tho the disabilities attending a n record of conviction