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o Lupe fet; the U. 8. Supreme Court has dealt anoth- er staggering blow to law enforcement, ‘Shim free, on technical grounds for which our "highest tribunal is becoming’ infamous, . The case involved an Innocent woman who 32 was waylaid, beaten, chocked and then rav- ~-q freely admitted the crime, signed a confession and was sentenced to death after a jury trial in the national capitol three years ago. , In reversing this conviction, the Court held : dle condemned man's confession, “invalid”, my g@ that for police to hold and question seven and one-half hours before he was pe arraigned was ‘a violation of federal law providing that a suspect's right must be explained at arraignment ‘ “without unne- cessary delay.” Ag ts becoming ceustomary ts rape tases, the Court showed a scrupulous regard for he criminal's rights but no concern what- oever for the rights of his innocent victim. verdict serves to confirm a growing ete that it is virtually impossible tofjsustain the conviction of a rapist or a before the present tribunal, Prepare Police Chief Robert V, Mur- quoted ais saying the the Supreme Court j pr | 1) Police Efforts In Our Nation ° “S)ehrough its recent decision which reversed the death sentence of a Negro rapist and set . 6 1957 oe iy UA Ce atop _ leals A Big Blow~. * decision in thig case “ties the bands of the: police department and renders ft “almost ‘ totally ineffective, Tha ruling has throws en! law ‘enfarcement officials tn into 2 quandary, Many fear this unanimous verdict tells po-, lica, In effect, that they cannot question = suspected criminal after they arrest him,” U. S. Attorney General Warren Olney is known to believe that the ruling will have its most serious impact on gangster cri where hardened professionals will take advatitage of it. Another obvious and gr fer danger is that the decision will be fan, open incitement to rape by degenerates throughout the entirs land, secure in the | T. M. HEDERMNAN, JR., knowledge that a sympathetic Court is ap- EDITOR parently Tenty 3 and even anxious to abet this THR CLARION-LEDGER ideous offense. 3 - The nation has been rightly disturbed at the’ Gy SON » MISS, recurring spectacle of convicted Communists, 9/ 57 being freed by its Supreme Court on hair:! Page 6 Cols. 1 & 2 splitting technicalities, Americans aré furth-' er disturbed at the sight of a self-confessed’ rapist ewaggering off to complete freedom, perhaps. to ravish new victims, as.a result f warped judicial reasoning. The Court’sst ‘ion in this latest case has served to h a terrifying precedent in favor of by iroinals and against law enforcement, Vb (Oo ie ~ 27S SS NOT RECOALED M1 AUG 611952 eee ae eo. en