Show I The TIle Death eat i Penalty US U.S. Attorney General Ramsey Ramsey Ramsey Ram Ram- sey Clark recently appealed to Congress to bar the death penalty penalty pen pen- penalty alty as punishment for all federal federal fed fed- eral oral crimes There is little chance Congress will soon do this but it is nevertheless accurate accurate ac ac- accurate curate to say that the issue isone is isone isone one which is still building up pressure SCORES OF nations have abolished death as a penalty and the debate is current in practically every American state where death is still a legal le legal legal le- le gal form of oC punishment Several Several Several Sev Sev- eral have abolished it and others others others oth oth- ers have severely restricted it but most states still provide forthe for forthe forthe the death penalty in certain crimes Yet interestingly few executions executions exe exe- executions are being performed Only one execution took place in the nation in 1966 and two last year-despite year the fact that in most states the death penalty is still in effect WE ARE witnessing then a period of decision a period in which few criminals are being executed loud voices are being raised for abolishment of death- death penalty laws and an grow ever ing number of serious crimes is being inflicted on society It is logical to conclude that many are appalled by growing rate of serious crime and that this trend more than anything I else is responsible for the refusal refusal re re- refusal of many states to abolish the penalty |