HomeMy WebLinkAboutThe Goderich Signal-Star, 1970-01-22, Page 18tiOD j tCH SIGSALta` "AR,.TkURSDAY, JT.ikijUAR,'Y 22, 1970
°~Upto 1850 no less than 220
• The question whether to hang -..* �_ 'skiable with
Or not, which has hung tire for offences. were punishable
io.ng'enough, has been settled at , hanging. These included ' one .
in Britain,. Capital ital which sbutild, .Pe reinstated., in
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punishment was abolished fox a ^Ontario, namely "cutting down
five-year period in Julv, 1905. young trees." This true that this,.
Now, several months before the would , decimate the Highway_
expiry of this period, Parliament Dept. of ,Ontario, but it might
abolished the unishment, save some shade for our. children
bustp • on our highways:Other crimes
but it has put rfo other deterrent
in its place. There is still a gibbet so punishable 'we're "Daiinagntg
- n man available for the Westminster' Bridge.," possibly t9
and'. a hangman
a, `g' ensure the safe 'and early arrival
crimes -of treason, piraicS on the
hi h.seas, and arson in the Royal of \lernbers from south •of the
g y, Thames.. "Appearing disguised
"Dock ands. 'The last two being l?p � g g
• indications• that the+a British are on' -a public road;" this should
sti'll,.a `sea -oriented people. One certainly be 'reinstated—4n,
authority' claims there is' still . Ontario • and Quebec and. it
another .capital crime: Cariial . would "put- the .elosure on all
knowledge, or without her Hippies once for all. "Returning
•re maturely from
consent, of the- Sovereign's p
eldest daughter. There is "'no transportation - (usually from
_confirmation of this to be found Van Dieinen's' I,.andj and finally
in the reference bobks to hand, : "Association with gypsies." Sop
but if true, it smacks of gross much -for what we have lost by
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discrimination against the eldest 'living_ in the 20th cer tiury. -
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.� daughter. '
,,,Charles Duff's `Handbook oil° ;STATISTICAL EVIDENCE
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.doubled, 'lie notes are. 'Prior
to abolition 71 capital murdexs.
After " abolition 161. This
considerable 'increase is
explained by the.abolitionists by
saying the absolute figures are
-too small to --pe susceptible of
analysis, but surely- the increase
. is. too large to be accidental.
The questions which arise are:
1. Is the cause of the increa e
the to the remc5val of death
penalty? And 2, Would. the `
situation be repaired • ' .by
restoration ofp'the • sanction? "
Both ium and the United
Slates. Have execution statutes
which are virtually unused and
which therefore only make a
parody of criminal justice.
Canada has fol wed its leader to,-
the
o;the same inconclusive end.
SOME OF THE
VARIABLES
Some of the variables which
vitiate ,statistical polls are the-
- -rel, erata ,natb=sbminals,
Hanging ' also omits any
Mention of the dangers of dating
at Buckingham Palace, but
-a-lot of other interesting facts. -
Drawing and -quartering was only
legally abolished in Scotland •in
• ,19 -5 -0, -a --h' rdv race those Scots,! ,
Of,i,iph•V,o,j►v, r. V,+•, Rl.
The statistic which takes most
--explaining away is that since
hanging was suspended four and
a half years ago, °those murders,
which would have. merited the
. death Penalty,- have more than
..Standard F wsizing now in
for- childrens ` • clothing---
success depends
At .last, a standard -sizing for demand and
- children's clothing! •• acceptance
"This is most welcome news to�-
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on consumer
consumer
resultant on how the crime is "
treated. This in turn, affects the
type of prison system developed.
Of recent years capital
purtishment has always become
fraught with emotion, so that no
one has stopped to examine:
What is the purpose of the
penalty? And the answer: To
deter others.
Professor Radzinowicz,of the
Cambridge University °Institute
of Criminology stresses the
Manufacturers and Tetailerg- difficulty--of--evaluating -public
nts, who ,,,�1y far a license to opinion because the two groups,
when buying clothing for their use the Canada Standard Size which s
children, have ..had ° the label which complies with the extremes, are immune to
frustrating experience of finding established dimensIanal pragmatic argument: The
out that garnient sizing labels do standards based ' on sizing Abolitionists on moral- grounds
not always mean what they say according to body measurement. and , the „Rettibutionists ,Who
and can vary widely when rather than age, hold tlie- State has a duty to
produced by' different Watch • for. the symbol. 'The execute. These two define the
Manufacturers.
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For' many years, Consumers' contains, an ..easily upper and lower limits. Between
,• :., rrecognized semi -circular' .them is the vast, fluctuating'
Association of Canada has been tape -measure with the words middle group. One opinionapoll ..
"Canada - Standard Size" showed 80 percent, -favouring
included. ° restoration of capital
long last, it.is now in effect. To make the system effective punishment. In- support of this
.The ° Association
was- we,, must'' learn to think of attitude' isthe. fact that 1968.
instrumental in having-- e a children's -clothes in ,-terms of statistics show a two thirds
Canadian .Government their body measurements and increase in "intentional killing"
Specifications Board committee buy on that basis. over the 1950 rate, while in the
set -up in 1952 and since that One of the best Ways to make ;same period -there was a fivefold
Tide, Consumers' Association haveof . sure the system becomes increase in. crimes of violence
Canada - representatives nes ^ effective is for consumers to ask and more than three times the
taken an actio c o m in the work to see'the Canada Standard Size increase in the murder rate. ,
o f the committee in chart . when buying children's However, ••_the Professor's
co-operation w-ith . other argument runs that, the
clothing: A small leaflet has been g
label
ciererr�
changed several 'tiro s.. •Juries
may 'be readier " to convictAt
there is death pe't,alty. The
.811ce rate than riskrejection
p ,-_.hr e�., on
of conviction, , would often
charges, , manslaughter. These
factoare,. held to , invalidate •
what is shown bya� graph over
the years 1.961;to 1968, 'nately:
'Non -capital murders: ' Little
change. Manslaughter:. Up 50
percent, Capital •Murders:. Up
127 percent. ,
ABOLITION IN-HI$TORY'
Historically abolition gave the
illusion__ of _ liberality. Catherine
the Great was lauded by
European philosophers of . her
time when she 'abolished the
death penalty. But was it in fact
`liberal'ty?',_ It seems possible
thii„ atherine and her advisers
wer deeper thinkers than some
of our modern pundits. Did she
reali�. t ghat "instant death's -held
no threat for thqse others who
were _prone to murder?.,,,, I- ,is1 g..„
-is silent' on the matter.tiowever,
the sentences '. which the
su.bstituted were often as severe
as 330 lashes with the knout or
`cat,' ' from which- the victims
-chances-of recoverywere slight
indeed.
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. Joseph ,I1of Austria replaced •
hanging' or decapitation with
manning the ` galleys on the
Danube, action which proved
equally unpopular. with
-._Catherine's floggings. it _is-.n:af
hard to see that these two
enlightened and -realistic . than
our own law mals.e'rs.
For many,. instant death
Provides'' no deterrent. Qne
second and it• is over. But the
lingering misery of the `uata'was
effective on the prisoner, as well
as on others Qf his ilk. Imagine
theYeftreotive propaganda which a
prisoner would purvey, when he
told his buddies of • the
excruciating pain, There is the
shock effect on the prisoner too.
• No question but 'that' ' its
potential, threat ensured' that
men thought twice' about
performing armed robbery, or
senseless killings.,. for sadistic
reasons, Dere we seem to be
getting nearer a real deterrent. 'It
fits' the crime because it
promises cruelty for' -cruelty.
Perhaps the murderer would at
last cease to be the darlings of
the gods, ° while the innocent
victim is `forgotten,. unwept,
thereis one thing Oa which we
canibe quite definite.' If it is the
law to hang, then hang we must,
i" rom which it follows that the .
argument tp ., restore the death
penalty,
"'but not to use it,, is_
absolutely cer'taiti to fail to- act
asa deterrent.
To sutnmari.ze - sortie
"conclusions after this review:
-1. Hanging does not appear to
deter crime.
- 2. it seems doubtful whether`
long sentences. are effective
either. In ° any ".case . they
represent a heavy cost to society,
in terms 'of maintenance, eap.ital--.:,
cost of enlarged prisons as well
as aggravation of „the problem of
security. .. H�
3. 'If , hang d long_. .,
sentences are to be barred by a
sentimentalist _ society, then
some form o hreat of physical
pain must b incd'rporated into,
the law It is not enough to
ti n ho noured and . unsung. remove the capital penalty and.
Perhaps there would 'be fewer at place nothing in its stead.
the ghoujsh vigils at prison gates
hilst* -Galli' ..-1;h eat_..,....;
e or ori a lnilitSti tirf -the---‘-' � e
`cat.' It' is so anti -heroic. may not have chosen 'the -ideal
Up to date, all that has been • deterrent, tat. least her reading of
done in lieu of the noose• has human reaction was better
been longer sentences of 20 to
informed than our own. It might "'" -
30years. But even these .are therefore be more productive to
cease to argue pro and and con
opposed by another group, the hon in , and to divert the
Rehabilitationists, who. seek to g
"transform the criminal. This argument into a search for a
universally effective deterrent of
throws up yet another variable....; Grimes of,violence.
The. professional criminal is less Y- -
likely to kill than "the amateur;
the incompetent,, who' loses his
-nerve- when...cor'nezediand.Shoots
to kill.
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urging a system of standard sizes
for children's clothing and, at
interested groups representing the„efederal definition of murder has been
manufacturers, : _ retailers ' ""aid"" 44
government, Over We - years,
CAC' ...bas always - had .people_
representing . the consumerat
these meetings meetings that
were long, numerous /and
sometimes' frustrating. •
This planfills a real need, but
it is entirely voluntary.' Its
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Phone_
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' NIGHT •
• Ay.nt for 24 -hr. ,
„FILM DEVELOPING
Department of Consumer and
Corporate Affairs to retail
outlets explaining the -system
and • listing the. measurements
involved. So, as a consumer, ask
about it and help make the, store
clerks more aware that there are
new standards ofsizing available.
Canada Standard Size was .
accepted by the children's
garment industry .with•
considerable dragging of feet.. It
will 'take Some time to 'become
universal. The big catalogue
` people are -co-operating° and it. is
hoped . that all retail outlets will
"push" the idea so. that shopping
-_may he easier and -more -
• accurate, saving time and effort
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and—money fox_ shoppers--- And
' stores alike. '
We, 'as consumers, must ask
and . keep askingfor these •
garments in the stores. Ask your
friends and neighbors. to do the
same. It "isa simple, sensible and
workable plan that needs We
support of consumr,ers
everywhere. This type of sizingg'
will not be available to Goderich
customers for some time yet.
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These cars have been in our inventory too tong and must be sold
riow to make room for the trades we are taking daily on the •
1970 Models. p
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THIS WEEK
LICA
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V-8 automatic
1965 Acadian 2 -door
6 automatic
E28814 $1195
E45577
1967°bodge Polara 8 automatic E18168
H74218
'1.9651i/tete Parklane hardtop
$,995
'1095- 895
1695 1449
1595 1295
1969 Cobra°Jet 428 loaded
412782-
4707 3395
.1965 Pontiac4•door , . H75635 1395 1175
1965 C9rvair automatic 22226N 895 '695
• 1965 Pon iec-4-rlotir-hardtop_ ° E34170 ° 12951 1095 -
1967 Pontiac Grande Parisienne 147394 2295' 1995
1965 Valiant 4 -door • J3543 1095 - 895
1966 wick LeSabre
• 2 -door hardtop .... E30131 2295 • " 1995
1959- Oargo 34on
ctra4 & cab ..x_ • -
V258.95 1050 939
Mrd Super Vain autorrratid,052634 '4°295 " 1089'
, 496 -379
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