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to answer the malicious and unwarranted
attack upon the chain-gang system...
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which we have heard here this afternoon.
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Crime must be punished.
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The men who commit crime
are hard men...
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and their punishments must be hard.
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But the brutality of which we hear
is a gross exaggeration...
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born of the fancy of the misinformed.
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The life of a convict in a chain gang
is one of hard labor.
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The discipline is strict...
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but there is no brutality.
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The purpose of prison
is not only to punish crime...
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but to discourage it.
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And there is less crime in this state...
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in proportion to her population...
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than in 40 other states in this Union.
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Finally, as evidence
of the chain gang's value...
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as a character-builder,
I have but to present to you...
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the very case that has been presented
to us here today...
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the case of James Allen...
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who entered the chain gang
as a worthless tramp...
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and who left it
to become one of a great city's...
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most worthy and respected citizens.
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The Commission will take the case
of James Allen under consideration.
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Five minutes, Allen.
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They refused to pardon you.
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They refused?
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The state's promise didn't mean anything.
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It was all lies!