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Supreme Court — Part 21
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a : farrext Olney said yesterday that!
‘the dismissal of the rape case ag: Andrew JsMalory because:
of a Supreme Court decision “clearly demonstrates that m@ great:
mary us crimes wil] go unpunished.” 6
; > The chief of the Justice Department’s criminal division’ said
;, these cases would go unpunished “not because-the tenth cannot
_ be ascertained but because of the ° SS ™
‘Procedures that have to be fol-
lowed {0 develop the facts.” -
- Mr. Olney was talking about
. the police practice of questioning
suspects between thelr arrest and
‘thelr arraignment. Under the
f Supreme Court decision, confes-
Trotter
Neagga%,
“Actually, bécause of decisions! -
of thetourt of Apyedis here,
thé “qffestion of héw long a per-
s0h can be detathed before he is
sions growing out. of head Puen ee nas been more of §
quarters questioning for that nee confessions tee ne ;
ore Cases erred ‘rom he fia} thrown out and a» new trigl
ee ordered because the court fel
“Won't Listen to Truth”. there - had
been. “unnecessary
Mr. Olney said the court is . delay” between ‘arrest and ar-
“supposed to have its judgments Talenment.+ Tes, eee oy a.
. Test on the best truth it can get Even before the Mallory deci='
“but the court will not listen to slon, the District’s Council oni
the truth for reasons that have |§ Law Enforcement had Iaunctied, .:
nothing to do with the guilt or|% mB study to determine whether
fanaa + +
innbdcence of the defendant.",. |:
My. Olney said it was hard tol
guess the impact of the decision IK
as its meaning reaches al! the!
Federal courts but. he predicted!
it will be extreme.
“This opinion,” he said, “says |
in so many words that police
£an’t question a suspect after his
arrest. The place where the
‘impact of this decision will be
greatest is in the gangster
, crimes. It Ja the real hardened
a& new law should be sought.
Now, the chairman of the coun-
cil, George L. Hart, Jr., says this
18 no Tonger s loca) problem as
Be ey i ne Past when the
of Appe ere had gone
further than ‘any other circuit, INDEXED - 37
He said he was writing to the ‘
criminal law section “ef the’ - PY. 2)
American: Bar Associatlon’ te-' ae 7 oe AS. A
questing that group to study the | “4 Zz -~f7 ——
impact of the decision.” ~ NoT RECORDED
: "Hit "innecessoee Batcg: ¢
” professional criminals who will a viiecessary Delay’, | 12-1954
take advantage of: this. The , : The Supreme Court based its 138 PUL 195.4
“housewife who shoots her hus- decision on its interpretation of
: band usually confesses to the Rule 5 (a) of the Federa} Rules ——— ie
, first person who comes along. Of Criminal Procedure. ‘This —
‘''Yhis decision won't affect her. * fule requirés that the arrestedy oy, Post and
; “But when dealing with crim- person must be brought “with-"@Sh. Post an
-{nal groups, police will be unable put unnecessary delay” before Times Herald
to question the hirelings who are the nearest available committingwa.h News
caught first about the higher- Biagistrate ce ,
ups they went to reach”... - fwice tn tts decision, the courtWash. Star Aa
-_ ae ig - teferreq to the will of CongressN. Y. Herald
_Forgeces New Law _— which Yopreved the rules. At rin.
. MY. Olney said he could see Ge point, referring to an earlier | Tibune
ino alternative but to seek a law! : . -
i opinion, the dec sald: :. N, Y. Journal.
spelling out exactly what law ¢ “In order adeWuately to en- Ameri
enforcement officers’ can an Yorce the congressional require-|_ “merican
,fannct do in arrest and arraign.
,ment procedures, + | oe <
Wes deemed necessary to render
inadmissible incriminating state-(\° %° Dt!ly News —__
ments elicited from defendantsN- Y. Times
during 1 a period of unlawful @e-Daily Worker
At another point, the decision /he Worker
Bald: Se yi ess 3°) New Leader
nt of prompt arraignment, ‘ Y. Mirror
io
been studying arrest and ar-
Jaignment - Procedures - for
Fe a Eg Ce 8
gfThe requirement of Rule 5
months. Qader the chairman 4) ‘pare ot the prcedure dee
‘ship ef Senator o* oney, | ; . Data YUN 27 1957
Democrat of Wyoming, the pubs eegadal | rights without Date “TU f ivof
;committee is expected to hold 4 ° .
‘hearings this fail on pr . ent /aW enforcement.” aw. soy
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