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...those who break laws. It is interesting to note that the investigation is warranted in large part by two allegations diametrically opposed in spirit. One charge is that women in Sherborn are made to shovel coal, the other, that men married during their terms are allowed honeymoons from the prison. That is to say, objections are made on the one hand that the system is too cruel, on the other, too kind. It would seem from other reports that neither of the allegations is true, but the problem still remains...
...This trial began in Leipzig," he shouted, "then moved to Berlin, and now we are back in Leipzig but nothing ever happens. I don't agree to that! I burned down the Reichstag and I want to have my sentence-twenty years in prison or Death! I have been questioned for over eight months. I want something to happen! This trial has now been going on for two months. How long is it going to take to get a verdict...
...mine. That was one of the most fiendish crimes I have ever heard of. I can't say that I approve of the methods that are sometimes used in these lynchings, but they should be handled rough and they should be lynched. The law would only give them prison terms, and sooner or later they are pardoned or paroled, and do the same thing over. Just suppose that old lady had been your Mother. If you have read this, I thank you, for it comes straight from the heart of an old Southern woman. MRS. G. M. RUTLEDGE...
...post-election sensation was the taking into "protective custody" (often the prelude to a Nazi prison camp) of H. R. H. Duke Albrecht, head of the former Royal House of Wurtemberg, because he refused to vote. Jailors of prison camps proudly reported that the Communists, Socialists, Jews and other anti-Hitlerites in their custody had voted "Ja" in nearly all cases. Thus at the dread prison camp in Brandenburg only 1.2% of the prisoners plucked up courage to vote "Nein...
...Naval Court Martial decided. Instead of death the six Japanese Bruti received prison sentences of from 10 to 15 years...