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oa iCEASSIFIED ~@ pee we Enel. Nou-5- ‘ (Clans UE jfcation) ’ the judictel officers of the United States acted in full eonselence and withovt sentimentality in the eniercencon of the law. an i column he sadline on 4 gattty. "It slso am 2 @ono by a Man, who vas present. eview ot Mex es quoted several law Uzes, most of critical of the ex-eubion on the Grounds that have been exething wrong in a process of law that permitted so many postponements. Some of the critics were reported as having expressed the opinion that tie United States should » rial process and adapt its legal proced that has lesen made in modern jurtdtenl science. The | editorial stated that the many re ton indicated thet dovbks must ve The public conscience, ut : satisfied, it claimed. Hntorce: invluence but in this case i -orial saw a need for revision of “he admin the United States, if of man and of his rights. ished as to Ci alvays ist 2 law sho verse , ves have a fect, The tration of law in justice is to be respected as the protector The tabloid-sized La Prensa of Moy 3 had a vis ine which read "Chessman was tilled hike fais. fhe rest of t ron’ page consisted of a drawing of the convict in the execitio nair being overcore by cas. La PF reactions in He ° varied from violent criticism oi a's judictal system to approval of the execution as a necessary exaxn:le to sto Church authorities were reported dee»ly moved by the e Tae Archbishop of Mexico, Hisuel Dario MIRANDA y Gonez, refused to make any comment other than to lower s heed as if in prayer. The Attorney General for the receral District, Lic. Fernando ROMAN Luco, an opponent of cayital punisivsent, said that without passing on the merits of the case he believed it would serve as an exenisle to those who tried to be heroes through delinguency. Meny of the reactions reported by La Frense criticized the execu tion as unnecessary punishment for the crines committed. Some other observers, however, said that no country shonld criticize the judicial acts of another. La Prensa's editorial, after reviewing the reasons that motiveted a worldwide claiior on behalf of the comautation of Chess“an's sentence, concludes, "But a society cannot subordinate its justice to circunstances. Its application must be general and vnbending in order that it may be respected, and that it may rulfill and sMarantece its role in the permanent interest of society. first” core on the form of vopeten x se second Se wiversal dt