Southern Utonian | 1887-12-16 | Page 6 | The Diminution of Crime

the diminution of crime the certainty of punishment more than its severity appears to diminish crime few persons will deliberately commit crimes if they believe there is not ono one chance in a hundred of et eb caping arrest and avoiding punishment Detec detection tiou arrest and conviction are all very uncertain in this country and as a colisa consequence crimes are very numerous allowing lowin every state and territory to have a diff different erent criminal code and to change it at every session of the legislature dues does not favor tho the suppression of crime crual mot of those who have given attention to the matter are now convinced that the national and not the state and ax territorial governments should enact and enforce the laws in relation to crime chicago tribune