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Page Two THE NEW BERN MIRROR, NEW BERN, N. C. Friday, October 30, 1973 Although surveys and studies are somewhat inconclusive as to the degree to which capital punishment deters crime, common sense and experience convince me that capital pinishment is an absolutely necessary element of any a- fective sentencing system hi our courts. HAVE YOU LOST YOUR APPETITE? . . . You'll find It at The Parkway KEYS ^ Ernul's 7^ 2 Sport m ^ Shop KEYS PIANOS TRY BEFORE YOU BUY $10.00 a Month Rents a New Wurlitzer Piano. Rent Applies to Purchase If You Buy. FULLER'S MUSIC HOUSE 2I6V2 Middle Street New Bern, N. C. AUU-SEASON AIR CONDITIONING warms or cools at a touch!' ^he S. B. Parker Company 1104 Nslienal Avenue ME 7-3397 I Lennox Comfort ^ Craftsmen A Your cpriified Lonnoj 'r r • r I perl The restoratim of the death penalty will not suddenly bring an end to murder and other heinous criminal conduct. It is one of the important tools— along with better law en forcement, more efficient courts, and improved rehabilitation programs— which we must have to combat the unacceptable levels of violence which prevail in many of our communities. I have cosponsored S. 1401, a bill which imposes the death penalty in certain cases and establishes standards and a procedure for its imposition which should overcome the constitutional objections to capital punishment set forth by the Supreme Court in the case.of Furman V. Georgia, a case decided in 1972. S. 1401 as in troduced by Senators McClellan and Hruska is presently under consideration by the Senate Subcommittee on Criminal Laws and Procedures, of wMch I am a member. Tbe Sub- conunittee has already held hearings on this bill and other similar proposals which authorized capital punishment. In my opinion, the Supreme Court made a serious con stitutional error in Furman V. Georgia by holding that the imposition of the death penalty constitutes “cruel and unusual pinishment” in vidation of the 8th and 14th amendments. As Justice Powell suggests in his dissenting opinion, the ^prerne Court’s majority in this case overlooked “the clearest evidence that the Framers of the Constitution and the atdhors of the 14th amendment b^eved that those documents posed no barrier to the death penalty." The only particle of judicial wisdom to be found in the Court’s majority opinions is the refusal on the part of all but two Justices to declare capital punishment unconstitutional per se. Concur.ing in the majority opinion. Justice White wrote: “I do not at aU intimate that the death penalty is un- consitutional per se or that there is no system of capital punishment that would comport with the eighth amendment.” Thus, even though the Supreme Court declared the death penalty statutes of Georgia and Texas to be un constitutional it did leave some opportunity for Congress and State legislatures to authorize the imposition of capital punish ment as long as it is not "wantonly” or “freakishly imposed.” S. 1401 is a reasonable and carefully drafted proposal to include capital punishment in our system of Federal criminal justice. It certainly should able to withstand any reasonable contention that it would authorize the imposition of the death penalty in a “wanton” or. “freakish” way. It imposes the death penalty upon convibtlon of certain crimes and sets forth understandable criteria which must be found to exist before capital punishment can be imposed. It auo provides for review of death penalty sentences as an additional safeguard against arbitrary use of the penalty. Government must use every resource and every con stitutional power at its disposal to protect the public against brutality and the fear engen dered by uncontrolled crime. Congress and tbe state legiuatures ought to restore capital punishment to its proper place in our system of criminal justice, and I think S. 1401 is appropriate legislation by which the Congress can discharge its responsibility. Jam And Jell Pectin is the ingredient that makes the Jams “jam” and the Jellies “Jell.” COLEMAN FORD “WHERE SERVICE COMES FIRST" Highway 17 South Pfieno 638-4011 Dealer No. 70IA YOU'LL PROBABLY FIND IT AT Askew% Inc. 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