Book excerpt: Excerpt from Joint Documents of the State of Michigan, for the Year 1888, Vol. 1 of 5 If the parole system 18 adopted those who go out under its provisions must be carefully guarded and protected. The whole system of treating prisoners has been changed and greatly improved. Now the effort 18 being made, with measurable success, to reform the lives, improve and elevate the thoughts of those within prison walls. And in consideration of this law this feature of it must not be forgotten. Another consideration in this proposed legislation must be carefully investigated, and that is its constitutionality. It will be worse than useless to adopt this system only to find when the Supreme Court pass upon it, that it is in violation of the constitution. And while it is possible that a law may be framed free from objections in this respect, yet there are grave doubts in relation to it, and your attention in determining this question is called to the case of the People versus James H. Moore, page 496, Vol. 62 of Michigan Reports. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.