Show PLAGES PUCES CURB ON JUDGES department OF JUSTICE IN TENDS TO STOP PRACTICE OF suspending SENTENCES attorney geneal assents cottom ha has been cause of much complaint and that it will hot not be tol orated in future washington attorney general gregory has all united states district attorneys that in tho the future the department of justice does not intend to sit idly by and permit federal judges to suspend indefinitely cither either the imposition or execution of sen tence on a convicted criminal in a circular letter to hie his assistants sir fr gregory pointing out that the practice tico of suspension of sentence has ions long prevailed in many districts says no cobit haa has fuch such a power it Is in effect a pardon or commutation nor may a court exorcise exercise it indirectly by a continua continuance ut of the case tase from term to term for sentence or by other similar device this custom hns hag been the cause ot of much complaint and has tended some what to discredit the tho administration of the criminal law in the federal courts in ia future you will protest against and object to any motions or requests for such suspension order and report the making ot of the order to this dopart department part ment that it ma lake the necessary steps to compel the issuance lisua nce of commitment upon any such sentence because this Ini involves olves an attack upon a practice heretofore tolerated I 1 proper courtesy to tho the judicial officer requires that he be advised in adi ad i vance that the department finds 1 it necessary in future to oppose sheso order orders yon you kindly convey this information to each judge of your dis ariot end and at tho the same timo time offer should any judge doubt this limitation of his judicial power to furnish reference to decisions relating thereto which reference the department at our request will furnish |