Rensselaer Semi-Weekly Republican, Volume 20, Number 69, Rensselaer, Jasper County, 2 May 1899 — Mount On Pardons. [ARTICLE]

Mount On Pardons.

Governor Mount has adopted a new plan in the parole of life convicts. He says: “I have asked the board of state charities to make a visit to the state prison (the only place where ‘life men’ are now confined,) and, in conjunction with the board of directors of that institution, investigate carefully the case of every man who is committed for life. The board will inquire into the nature of the offense for which the prisoner was sentenced, his former character, his conduct while an inmate of the prison, and his present state of health. If, after such careful investigation, the two boards shall jointly recommend a man’s parole, I shall be strongly inclined to act upon their recommendation. I will not myself consider petitions or letters in behalf of such men.”