Show during the past six years homicides homic idea leavo been on tho increase in tho united states in that time tha number of executions for murder hu been and lynch ings 1118 only one murderer boutot every twenty has buffered the death penalty judge attributes the 0 the tivo administration of tho criminal laws anil tho action of the courts which base their reversals upon alleged HAWS in the records ot the trial court iio holds to tho opinion that it is not tho severity ol 01 the punishment to bo administered but aba certainty ot justice which acts as deterrent to crime |