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"+ ta, \ —~ age. @ a7 UNCLASSIF’ fED_ Enel. Na... = ape Ruy > ‘ ~(Classificatic , Desp. Nou 2 at . (C Tassife a ition) ; esp. Rextco,— DP seme ; : From 2 aS ee the judictel officers of the United States acted in ull consctlence | @— end withovt sentimentality in the envorce: ment of t bhne Law, ; ee . ya aie 3 ; : on _used a Chessman quays Tin an C-colurm neadline on = page m being executed without bela. guilty. " It slso reproduced a “drauing of the scene of bine: ceREonts ton @one by a y newspeperman, Wie Has ; resent. in its reylew or Mexican reactions renee quoted several lavwyers-and jvdfes, most of whom were je critical of the ex:eution on the crounés that there mist nave been exething wrong in a process of law that permitted so many postponenents. Sone of the erltics were renorted as having expressed the opinion that the United States should mae revisions in its judicial process and adapt its legal nrocedures to the orosress that bas been made in modern suridtcel science, i . editorial stated that the many reviows of the case and “stay is of execition indicated that dovbts must have existed as to Chéssments euilt, The public conscience, whien is almost always right, wes not satisfied, it claimed, HEntorcenent of Hae law shovld have a healthy invVluence but in this case it had the adverse etfect, The ned + editorta 11 saw a need for revision of “he agrinistratton of law in the United States, iff justice is to be respected as the protector of man and of his rights. which case ed MAO oO The tabloié-sized La Prensa of bay 3 had a vis neacl he fr read "Chessman was Zilled bike fais." The rest of bh eo to 2 consisted of a drawing of the convict in the execrtion ¢h being overcone by cas. Le Prensa felt that reactions in Mexico varied from violent criticism oi California's judictal system to approval of the execution as a necessary exan:le to stop crime. Church authorities were reported dee»nly moved by the execution. Tac Archbishop of Mexico, Misuel Dario FIRAUDA yv Gonez, refused to make any comnent other than to lover «is hea ed as if in prayer. The Attorney General for the receral District, Lic. Fernando ROMAN Luso, an opponent of cavital punisiusent, said that without passing on the merits of the case he believed it would serve as an exerple to those who tried to be heroes throuch delinguency. Many of tne reactions reported by La Frense criticized the execu- tion as unnecessary punisnment for the crimes committed. Some other observers, however, said that no country should criticize the judicial acts of another. La Prensa'ts editorial, after reviewing the reasons that motiveted a worldwide clamor on behalf of the commutation of Chess™an's sentence, concludes, "But a society cannot subordinate its justice to circurstances. Its application must be general and untending in order that it may be respected, and that it may VulfLlIl and “Maranftee Its role in the permanent interest of society." El Umiversal sede so ment om of «hessv-ants exequiion i> its first section put rull coverane a :veared in the secord scctton in the form of foreivcn sress Gesratbenes,. Bl ihiversal Gtd not | a . a .