I do not doubt for one moment that much of the lawless violence and cruelty exhibited in lynchings is directly due to the uncertainties and injustice growing out of the delays in trials, judgments, and the executions thereof by our courts.
Taft links the delays in the judicial system to the prevalence of lawless violence and lynchings in society.
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