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There is one point, however, which I would like to clarify. Although it was perhaps not intended by the writer, one could draw the conclusion that Larry had deliberately sought martyrdom, and that now, by applying for parole, he is relinquishing his former position and seeking a quick way out...
By last week, both the White House and the Department of Justice were becoming uncomfortably aware of Jailbird Gara and his conscience. Some 400 clergymen and laymen had signed petitions on his behalf. Pickets turned up at the White House. Quakers and pacifist-minded churchmen throughout the country were drawing...
A quarter of a century after he started serving 99 years for the 1924 thrill-murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks, Nathan Leopold wanted out of Joliet prison (his partner in crime, Richard Loeb, was killed by a fellow inmate 13 years ago). "When I came here I was...
Exception. In Little Rock, Ark., a probationer wrote the federal parole board a glowing letter to prove that he is now reformed and a law-abiding citizen, noted that "I haven't been in any trouble except now I am married."
*Chicago Surgeon John F. Pick reported (TIME, Oct. 13, 1947) that less than i% of 376 convicts released after plastic surgery from Illinois' Stateville Penitentiary got into any more trouble; usual rate for parole violation was 17%.