The Governor of Massachusetts wrote a letter to the legislature of that state urging its members to abolish capital punishment. He says that capital punishment is unnecessary, since it does not decrease crime.

The Governor's attitude should be supported wholeheartedly. The death penalty is a relic of the barbarous ages. It is as anachronistic as the Inquisition of the Middle Ages.

The Naujienos adopted this view long ago. Even at the time that the Catholic priest, Hans Schmidt, was executed (for the bestial murder of Anna Aumuller) the Naujienos did not miss the opportunity to raise its voice against the death penalty.