Rensselaer Journal, Volume 10, Number 51, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 30 May 1901 — Leniency to Criminals. [ARTICLE]

Leniency to Criminals.

The act recently passed by the Pennsylvania legislature and approved by the governor increasing the commutation or reduction of sentence now allowed to convicts for good behavior in prison was not enacted in response to any public demand for further leniency to the criminal classes. Confidence men, defaulters and ballot-box stuffers, who richly deserve the heavy sentences' usually given them, are likely to be the most exemplary prisoners. It may readily be believed that such convicts will be the chief beneficiaries of the new law.