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AMERICA’S NEED CHIEF JUSTICE’S VIEWS. (A. & N.Z.) WASHINGTON, Nov. 3. Chief Justic Taft addressed the conference of the National Crime Commission, and urged the selection of more intelligent juries and the reduction of jury exemptions. He declared that the country was aroused to the need for improved legal machinery in crime cases. He advocated effective punishment and prosecution of criminals. Mr Taft decried the exclusion of worthy citizens from jury panels and
their replacement by jurors of weak intelligence, little experience, subject to emotions easily aroused. Mr Taft’s address followed a statement by the United States Attorney, Mr Tuttle, that the “entire crime bill of the United States amounts to 10,000,000 dollars yearly, which appears in the expense account of every housewife and merchant.”
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Wanganui Chronicle, Volume LXXXIII, Issue 19990, 5 November 1927, Page 7
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