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Show WRONG JUDICIAL PROCEDURE By GEORGE W. WICKERSHAM, Chairman Law Enforcement Commission. I am one of those who believe that our entire method of dealing with offenders is fundamentally wrong, and that the present day practice of endeavoring to prevent crime by augmented penalties is based upon fallacy which has time and again been demonstrated. I would not have the construction of new, fairly decent and adequate ade-quate prisons wait upon the reformation of the penal laws, and other holocausts such as that of Columbus be added to the many manifestations manifesta-tions of improper conditions which have been occurring in many parts of the country while men dispute in legislatures and public meeting? and in the press the most sound and sane methods of dealing with crime. The American Law institute's proposed model code of criminal procedure pro-cedure provides for a real advance and the removal of many abuses, and represents a distinct contribution to the improvement of law enforcement. Much of the blame for the unsatisfactory conditions of our law and judicial procedure justly is visited upon the bur . . . which as an organized entity in the United States today is a somewhat mythical quantity. 1 . |