Show Speed Up Justice To Help Prevent Crime By J. J Edg Edgar r Hoover There Where Is Is' something distressing about free people having to restrict and alter their daily pursuits and activities because be be- cause ause of brazen criminals Is it right that bus passengers in many metropolitan areas must always have havethe the he he exact fare because bus drivers can can- pot carry money to make change without with out ou being robbed Is it right that motorists motor Oats In some cities must buy gasoline in amounts for which they have exact money or use credit cards to keep station attendants from being held up by thugs Is it right that downtown merchants in some areas should lose their customers and perhaps their businesses bus messes because citizens are afraid to venture into crime infested crime infested streets Let us face it It Are we as a free society under the rule of law shaping our own destiny or are we being pushed push ed and boxed in by those who defy the law and have no respect for the rights c of ef others i The truth of the matter Is that more and more of oC our nations nation's total energy and effort Is needed to protect people against crime For instance more theft prevention devices are being installed in new automobiles More homes are being equipped with bigger and more complex door locks Banks are taking action to reduce the amount of cash exposed to bank robbers In some some cities cit ies les police poUce patrol school school corridors and I grounds to keep troublemakers from I 4 disrupting classes and assaulting students students stu stu- dents dents' dents The list goes on and on We are attempting In effect to erect a protective protective pro pro- barrier between society and the criminal However history dating back to Biblical times teaches us that high walls as such do not necessarily provide pro vide sanctuary If we are to find relief from Crom crime we have to shore up our legal lelal walls to prevent lawbreakers from slipping back and forth through loopholes loop holes to prey on the public and then hide behind legal sanctions to avoid just and adequate punishment If we are areto areto areto to contain the spiraling crime rate an and bring a higher degree of security back to the law law abiding abiding citizens then we must make justice swift and certain In spite of what some courts and legal theorists may proclaim justice is all inclusive all it means justice for the victims and the public as well as for the accused Soon we will have to stop granting concessions to marauding criminals and stop reshaping our lives to conditions thrust upon us by bv excessive crime crime I Iam Iam Iam am fully folly convinced that one of the most effective moves we could make to combat combat com com- bat crime in the would be to speed up and Improve our judicial processes pro ceases so that the time element between a criminal violation and its disposition in court is sharply reduced The old truism notwithstanding it would appear that not all criminals and their attorneys attorneys today believe that justice delayed delayed delay delay- ed ed cd is justice denied Let LetIS us IS stop reacting aimlessly to the pressing demands of the lawless Rather Rather Ra Ra- ther let us start applying the legal remedies remedies re reo re- re medics and safeguards of the law which is meant to penalize those who v break it not those who abide by it it |