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20th Defeat Looms For Anti-Death Penalty Bill
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termer taaold.,.   lor  the  atate aa„n,bly.   „„   ,„„  ,h„„,      *
■eatr.m.lr allm" that th. bill will a, both hoaae, „, ,„, i.Ei.,a,,„„
-11 app«r. that .h. bill will be «,uadl,- e.obbered I. a,Z'T~
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It is a minute hope at most."
(JWrernor Brown fir.»*rh«MU Drive
Governor Edmund O. Brown has spesrhesded the drive to eud the
death penalty in the state and Dr. Provost said it Is up ,o .he Sover-
nor to change senUment In the upper house.
When asked why there is such a discrepancy between the votlnc
,ttltudea of the two houses re*,arding the issue. Dr. Provost replied-
■The assembly lends lo represent the urban element of the popu¬
lation while the senate Is dominated by rural thou-jlu. Consequently
the assembly is. more liberal and the senate more conservative."
Bill Sets Up Four-Yri-ir Moratorium
The bill in question, labeled AB 632 and introduced by Assembly¬
man Lester A. McHUlan of Los Angeles Counly, actually would not
■ibollsh the death penalty outright.   Rather, tho bill would establish
Committee Works To Improve
FSC Dining Room Atmosphere
Residence    hall    students    are        Students  neglecting  to  remove
kept up to date on what's new in (helr lTays when ,„     aM tMAKi
the cafeteria through  the efforts .,,,
.   ..    ra   a- ■ ..a. a-.™ „,,, „„ arp ",nt a Problftii the C.Mtllll Itte
of the Cafeteria Commliiee.
N'ew types of  food  nnd special v
,|ishcs being offered, as well as S1"* ****** ",;" ******* should
menus are posted on the Cafeteria reitrrn their trays io make room
:■;::> !ln board everyday, according (or peoplS coming In.
to Betto Pappa, committee chair- The plants have been removed
maI,' rrom*the Cafeteria  because of  a
"Wo are improving Ihe atmos- r,.ct,nl ,,rDb!i-m of students putting
pliere In the Cafeteria and trying tb.-m  on  the  conveyor belt.
to give the   student,   what   they ,, anvon(l wo[)|[| ^ |fl ^ ^
want." Miss Pappa commented. |1|e Caf(,1(.rla 01fentft. I0urs can
There  has  been  a  banquet,  a foe arranged by seeing Miss Alex-
Epagrettl  feed, a special  request under or Miss Pappa.
from the men of Homan Hall
the committee is planning a
for residence hall  students 1
this spring. f
To  improve   the   relations   be- ADf.    P f P *-. I H P 111
twirw^tOTtontB and the Cafeteria. n* **   '   '«■■"*«*•"■>
the  committee   meets   with   Miss Glenda Wat den. a junior Journ-
Mary Alexander,  Careterla  man- sJJstfl major, is (ho new president
ager, and Mrs. Alice Thorns, food of Alpha Phi* Camma. a national
* production manager, every Friday honorary journalism  society.
to discuss the problems lhat came Other    officers,    named    in    a
up   during   the   week,   said   Miss meetlBC last week, arc Uetto Pap-
Pappa. pa. vice president: Cheryl Wilson,
Suggestion boxes have been secrelary; Marilyn Canelinl, treas-
placed In the residence halls forurcr; and I.y
complsinU the students have. The at arms,
suggestions  must   be   worthwhile I     Miss   Waldcn  1.
and must be signed  before they of   the   FSC   1S63--,-.   ..— ,      —
will be considered. land  western  regional  vice  chair-  School  Cafeteria  from  S:45
Students who don't use the Res- man of Alpha Phi Gamma. Miss I P.M.   Tickets,  J2.50   for non-stu-
Idence Hall Dining Room and who pappa is next year's Campus edl-TJents and 11.50 for students, may
have  complaints  about  ihe  Cafe- t(
Walden Elected
a four-year moratorium during which time life imprisonment without
chance of parole would substitute for a visit to the gas chamber.
The bill Includes a proviso wherein if the moratorium is estab¬
lished, the death penalty still would apply to the following five
killer types:
1. Those who commit first degree murder with a prior murder
conviction,
2. those who murder two or more persons,
3. those who murder In the course of a kidnaping.
4. those who murder while in lawful custody,
G. those who murder a peace officer or a person assisting a peace
officer In the performance of his duties.
Governor Brown said the fire exceptions were added not because
he thinks executions In such cases will deter crime but because the
murder types listed are most frequently cited ln objections to total
abolition of the death penalty.
"It Is better that we move one step away from the barbaric prac¬
tice of capital punishment than not more at all," he has said.
Another Los Angeles County assemblyman, George Deuckmejlan,
has sponsored three bills ln response to the McMillan legislation.
These bills would broaden the death penalty law and apply It to
such criminals as robbers and kidnapers who Injure their victims ln
the course of the crimes. It is expected the Deuckmejlan^)ilIs will
be defeated.
Battle la Biennial Affair
The battle over the merits and demerits or capital punishment haa
become practically a biennial affair at the state capital. Nineteen
times since 1933, the issue has reached the ways and means committee
or the floor of the assembly. In six instances, the bills called for
a moratorium similar to the one asked ln the McMillan bill. On
several occasions measures have passed ln the assembly but failed
in the senate.
The center of ihe controvery is a small, olive green, octagonal
room In which 28 persons have died In tbe past three years.   This
room Is the gas chamber at San Quentln State Prison.
Execution Proceas Dtscrlbotl
Octavlo Tocchlo, associate professor of criminology, described the
execution process.
"The individual Is strapped Into a chair and two smalt capsules
of cyanide are dropped Into acid, releasing deadly fumes," explained
Tocchlo. "The fumes are Inhaled and. generally, the person dies
within five mlnules. Of course, some may die in three minutes, others
In seven.   It depends on the Individual's constitution."
Tocchlo said the gas method is considered the most humane form,
of execution since it Is believed the person suffers no pain.
Frank Boolsen. head ot the criminology department, said an exe¬
cution generally costs the state about {2.000 which Includes the cost
of the capsules, personnel and equipment. On the other hand. Boolsen
Mil mates it costs the state (2.000 a year to maintain a prisoner In
an  institution.
Slate l.i-iuN Nation In Execution!)
California has led all stales in executions during the last three
years with - ■• During the same period, New York, with a comparable
population, executed eight persons. In California last year 11 persons
wen victims ot capital punishment while in New York no executions
took place. California has averaged eight executions a year for the
past decade.
An examination of the records for the past 30 years indicates that
a person's sex, financial status, the weapon he used and the location
of iho act may Influence a Jury's verdict In cases of capital crimes.
Men who are members of a minority race, who aro poor and who
shoot their victims stand a greater chance of being executed than
women who are white, wealthy and use a bludgeon or poison ln the
ilaylng. Even the place where the killing took place might be signifi¬
cant since some California counties never have sent a murderer to
the gas chamber.
Actually, the percentage ot killers who spend their final days OB
San Quentln'* Death Row Is small. About two per cent of those who
commit homicide are executed.
„ Ar-gTrrnentt Support, Oppoee Death Penalty
The primary argument used to support capital punishment la the
alleged fact tnat.lt la a deterrent. But Boolsen saya that ln crime
detention circles the death penalty la not considered a deterrent to
capital crime. . I
'Police officials In general do not agree with the theory that the
death penalty operates aa a deterrent," said Boolsen. "Although one
can't absolutely prove a case either way through bare statistics, indi¬
cations are that states that abolish capital punishment have no
increase ln the rate of capital crimes ln that state."
Boolsen said criminals are "peculiar" people and that they gener¬
ally do not consider the consequences of-a crime before committing it.
Rarely does an Individual have control of his emotions while
plotting or committing a capital offense. He generally does uot take
time out to read the penal code before committing tbe overt act."
Provost disagrees with Boolsen and said he Is ln favor of
capital punishment on the assumption the death penalty is a deter¬
rent- He believes the fact that Brown Included five exceptions in
the McMillan moratorium proposal indicates capital punishment
works as a deterrent in those cases.
Dr. A. Wayne Colver, head of the philosophy department, takes an
opposite point of view, claiming legalised executions give the public
a socially acceptable way of being vicious."
Dr. Colver said If capital punishment Is to be a deterrent, ''execu¬
tions should be made aa gruesome as humanly possible, should be
held on Sundays and parents should take their children to witness
them,"
Jim White, associate minister of the College Religious Center, said
proponents and opponents of capital punishment might turn to the
Bible for support of their stand. But White said passages In the
Old Testament which support the "eye for an eye, tooth for a tooth"
philosophy become invalid because they contradict the teachings
of Jesus Christ.
Personally. W*hite Is opposed to capital punishment on the grounds
that it does not deter crimes, tends to be unevenly applied. Is In¬
consistent with society's high regard for the sanctity of life and Is
inconsistent with the purposes of the penal system.
"Despite the literal meaning of the world 'penal.' which implies
punishment, the purposes of our penal system are to Isolate -and
rehabilitate." said White.   "We can do both without killing."
I Knders, sergeant
Berkeley Cleric Will
Speak At Y Banquet
Dr. Harland Hogue, professor
at the Pacific School of Religion.
Berkeley, will speak at the Slst
afinual banquet of the College Y.
The banquet will be held Wed-
963-6-1   Handbook j nesday    at     the     McLsnc     High
teria may drop their suggestions
in the box in the student presi-;
dent's, office or give them to Miss I
Pappa.
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lion,   are   now   available
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Freshmen   coeds   who   will   be
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for membership. Other qualifica¬
tion* are a 2,25 grade point aver¬
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partldpaUon lrTwirnpire activities.
Applications must be\urned In
to the student   presidents office
by   May    3.    Coeds   seleW-id    for
membership  will   be  notified   by
Triple S officers.
purchased    from    College
j members or at the Y's offices in
| the    College    Religious    Center.
' Deadline for reservations is Mon-
Dr. Hogue's topic will be "A
City and Its Visitors." a discus¬
sion in which the church and the
campus shoutd mutually criticise
and listen to each other in con¬
temporary life. '
The program also will Include
a student-produced musical en
titled "The Campus 'Territorial,
(A Musical Scan from 'Mush;
Man*)".
The banquet Is co-sponsored by
the Presbyterian and Methodist
campus ministries.
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