A. A Certificate of Merit is an attractive little certificate that the prisoner could have framed and he could hang on the wall of his prison cell. After he was released, he could take it home and show it to his friends, and I think it might serve as an incentive to prevent the previous wrongdoer from going into the ways of wrongdoing again.
Q. Do you not think that it has a very practical usefulness? Do you not think that it would lead the police to treat one a little more leniently?
A. I doubt it, although I can’t testify regarding what the police might do.
Q. Don’t you think that it would be of some aid when looking for a job after his release?
A. When a prisoner is released on parole, before he is released, a job is found for him.
REDIRECT EXAMINATION
Mr. Hardy: Now, Doctor, concerning your testimony regarding the conscientious objectors, I have a few points which may tend to clarify this situation in the minds of defense counsel. Would you tell us how a person is classified as a conscientious objector?
Witness Dr. Ivy: Well, first, everyone within a certain age group in the United States had to register.