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aes ee . : — wal a ce ate ame whee ce eee tees : , "ae . are . . ; . o . AN, oe . -- ~ COMMENT: Those figures are accurate as reported in the 2-9-59 issue of Roper's "The Public Pulse." It is noted, however, that public opinion polis can be most self-serving. For example, a U. S. Gallup poll conducted in March, 1960, reflected 51 per cent of the American population favored the death penalty, 36 per cent opposed it and 13 per cent were undecided, STATE MENT: Brown calls for "ta nationwide educational .campaign that will show the case for the abolition of capital punishment without generating hatred or maudlin sympathy."" He states!'Some states that abolished the death penalty have put it back on their‘books after a frightening crime wave." COMMENT: It would appear that the legislatures of numerous states are more discerning in dealing with capital punishment than are the starry-eyed idealists who clamor for its abolition, Nine states (Arizona, Colorado, Kansas, lowa, Missouri, Oregon, South Dakota, Tennessee, and Washington) which had abolished the death penalty at one time, later reinstituted it. Only one state has recently abolished the death penalty (Delaware in 1958). Nine states in the last two years have rejected proposals to abolish capital punishment, (California, Oregon, Connecticut, Virginia, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey and = Ohio). (From "A Study. of Capital Punishment As a Deterrent To Crime" prepared for the Director in March, 1960.) STATEMENT: The article goes into a rather lengthy review of the salient points of the Chessman case. _ COMMENT: The facts pertaining to Chessman are accurate based on informatio; in Bufiles. vi STATEMENT: Brown cites the inequality of capital punishment, claiming it is leviea against the ‘downtrodden and defenseless," the ‘tweak, the poor, the _ ignorant, and against racial minorities." Brown points out that former Warden -3- =.