Jasper County Democrat, Volume 15, Number 29, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 13 July 1912 — Why Allow Guilty Persons to Escape? [ARTICLE]

Why Allow Guilty Persons to Escape?

By K. J. MARSHALL

In many of the sensational divorce cases reported in the newspapers a corespondent is named, with dates and places. The judge hears the case and a decree is given. But is the corespondent to a divorce suit not a criminal if the trial judge finds the allegations true? Is not the one who has broken up a home, robbed another of that which is most precious and sacred, a worse robber than a burglar? Then why are the guilty ones not prosecuted after being found offenders in a divorce suit? Stolen articles can be replaced, but home ties and peace of mind never.

Could not the legislature amend the present law and grant the trial jndfe or jury hearing a divorce case the power at the sqme time of sentgsaDg the corespondent if guilty to the penitentiary for from one to Jfrwt'ywwa, at the same time making other statutory grounds punishable fOßSSMrtaary sentence? This would soon cure the divorce evil, save dfeviMWDt tie* and protect the children