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Addams thanks Martin for her help in advocating for the pardon of Charlotte Anita Whitney within the League.

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Article discusses the creation of an American Crime Study commission to investigate the causes and prevention of crime.

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Kotty tells Addams that reformers are the cause of moral laxity and that bringing back saloons and red light districts will improve morality.

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Gilman asks Addams to intervene to prevent the execution of Nicolo Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti.

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Addams asks Fuller to set aside the death penalty for Sacco and Vanzetti because the trial was unfair.

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Mary Field reports on her interview of Addams with regard to the criminal case against Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb for the murder of fourteen year old Bobby Franks in Chicago. Other comments were made by Carl Sandburg and Elllsworth Faris.

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Armes describes Russian refugee Jan Pouren's efforts to enter and remain in the United States.

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Addams discusses the impact of prohibition on urban communities and notes a gradual increase in availability of alcohol due to home-based distilling. Addams gave this talk to the Kalamazoo and Battle Creek Social Workers' Clubs at the Y.W.C.A. building.

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Addams asks Borah to intercede to prevent the executions of Sacco and Vanzetti.

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Addams condemns the future execution of Sacco and Vanzetti, claiming it will harm relations between the US and its immigrant inhabitants.

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Addams argues that woman suffrage might impact the plight of fallen women who are preyed upon by men.

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Addams asks MacDougald to organize the women of Atlanta to seek a reprieve for Leo Frank in order to review the evidence.

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Pinchot tells Addams that he cannot pardon prisoners under Pennsylvania law and advises that the American Civil Liberties Union follow the procedures.

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Addams discusses the murder of unwed mother Rosa Stoble, and argues for love and sympathy rather than punishment and stigma. This article was syndicated and published in many newspapers in March and April.

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Stahl criticizes Addams for her opposititon to capital punishment.

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Rich disputes Addams's views on capital punishment, claiming that sentimental opposition results in more crime.

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Knox takes issues with Addams's opposition to capital punishment, offering examples of English justice.

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The Tribune praises Governor Lowden's decision to allow Nicholas Viana to be executed and calls Addams's appeal sentimental.

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Addams defends her views on capital punishment, replying to a critical editorial.

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Addams argues against the death penalty for Nicholas Viana because he is a minor.

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Addams is among the signers of a petition to pardon Charlotte Anita Whitney.

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Addams asks Hoover for clemency for Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti as a means of foreign-born Americans

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Hart tells the ACLU that the prisoners that they asked to be released have refused parole until other prisoners were freed.

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Addams doubts that a girl held in the disappearance of Jeanne DeKay is the heiress.

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Addams tells the press that the woman pretending to be the missing DeKay is an adventuress.