CORRUPTION: To the Legal Limit

"Corruption of public trust in high places, acts akin to treason and affecting the entire nation, cannot be tolerated or condoned. It appears conceded as a fact established during several thousand years, and not now to be philosophized away, that the fabric of justice cannot endure if mercy be permitted to set aside the penalties meted out in our gravest criminal cases by our highest law tribunal. . . . Parole issuance would be unjustifiable and incompatible with the welfare of society. . . ."

With these words the Federal Board of Parole...

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