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8 R.I. Bar J. 1 (1959-1960)

handle is hein.barjournals/ribj0008 and id is 1 raw text is: VOL. VIII, No. 1 OCTOBER, 1959 SUBSCRIPTION $1.00 Annually Published Monthly October through June AS THE CRIME RATE GROWS, CONSIDER THE §x. JA t.OAAL.: RIGHTS OF THE LAW-ABIDING CITIZEN The following excerpts are from an address given at a meeting of the Woonsocket Bar Association on June 11, 1959 by Raymond J. Pettine, Assistant Attorney General. Recent happenings throughout the nation make this talk very timely. It was difficult indeed for me se- lect a subject. I am not an expert or authority in any field of law, nor do I hold a position of tenure wherein the policies I might have would affect our profession. However, I have been a prosecutor for ten years and naturally certain ideas have been crystallized in my mind. The years in this field have been, to me, dramatic and fascinating with an ever present challenge to find a way which will ameliorate the commission of crime and more uniformly do sub- stantial justice. My voice is a small and unimportant one but if I have anything to offer tonight it can only be my im- pressions relative to the prosecution of crime. I place these in three categories: (A) Attitude of Appellate Courts. (B) Civil Service status for prose- cutors. (C) The right of the state to chal- lenge the rulings of the inter- mediate courts on certain ques- tions of law. The due process of law is the very basis of our theory of government. The phil- osophy of democracy is founded in the Bill of Rights where there is an emphasis on individual liberties. We are more conscious of this today than ever be- fore because of the world situation and more especially because of the critical threat to man's existence-Communism. There is, too, another threat which is not, in my thinking, over-emphasized. It is the increase and growth of the crime problem. Statistics show that, Crime has grown from 1,685,000 major offenses in 1946 to an all-time record of nearly 2,800,000 in 1957. Since 1950 crime has increased four times as fast as ouir spiraling population. (Continued on Page 10) Editor In Chief MATTHEW E. WARD Editor of the Month JAMES A. DI PRETE * Rights of the Law Abiding Citizen * New Bar Journal Appointments * Judge Wilkins At Annual Meeting * Superior Court Page 1 Page 2 Page 2 Assignments Page 9 ANNUAL MEETING OF THE RHODE ISLAND BAR ASSOCIATION MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1959 Sheraton-Biltmore Hotel * SPECIAL SHOWING: FILM- Providence County Court House-3:00 P. M. * BUSINESS MEETING - 3:30 P. M. * SOCIAL HOUR AND DINNER - 6:00 P. M. * SPEAKER: CHIEF JUSTICE RAYMOND S. WILKINS of the Supreme Judicial Court of Massachusetts

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