Leopold's co-defendant was Richard Loeb. Both were involved in the infamous 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, a case that garnered significant media attention and became a landmark trial in American legal history. Leopold and Loeb, both wealthy and highly educated, were ultimately defended by famed attorney Clarence Darrow, who sought to spare them from the death penalty.
Dick Fitzwell!
Clarence Darrow was a prominent American lawyer known for defending high-profile cases, including the infamous trial of Leopold and Loeb in 1924, where he represented two wealthy young men accused of murder. He is also well-known for defending John T. Scopes in the 1925 Scopes Monkey Trial, which challenged the legality of teaching evolution in schools. Darrow's legal work often centered around issues of social justice and civil liberties.
Debbie Loeb's birth name is Deborah Lynn Loeb.
Sidney Loeb was born in 1917.
The swoon. Rope. Compulsion. Murder by numbers.
It was Clarence Darrow who is better known for the Scopes Monkey trial in 1925.
Leopold's co-defendant was Richard Loeb. Both were involved in the infamous 1924 murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, a case that garnered significant media attention and became a landmark trial in American legal history. Leopold and Loeb, both wealthy and highly educated, were ultimately defended by famed attorney Clarence Darrow, who sought to spare them from the death penalty.
Maureen McKernan has written: 'The amazing crime and trial of Leopold and Loeb' -- subject(s): Accessible book
You have to look at the case of Leopold and Loeb. These were two wealthy University of Chicago law students who kidnapped and murdered 13-year-old Robert "Bobby" Franks in 1924 in Chicago. They had a high IQ which Loeb scored 210. It was probably one of the higher in the XX century. As the trial finished, Leopold and Loeb were sentenced to life imprisonment. Loeb was killed by a fellow prisoner in 1936; Leopold was released on parole in 1958. They didn't fell remorse what so ever.
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In Search of History Leopold and Loeb Born Killers - 1998 TV was released on: USA: October 1998
A 14 year old boy.
History's Mysteries - 1998 Born Killers Leopold and Loeb 13-6 was released on: USA: 2006
Two university students, Leopold and Loeb, murdered 14 year old Robert Franks in 1924. They were playing at creating the perfect crime. Clarence Darrow was the lawyer for the defense and he successfully argued for life imprisonment since capital punishment was retribution rather than transformative justice. They got life.
Yes and no. Although the wealthy can't buy their way out of a death sentence, they can and do beat the rap with their ability to hire the best legal minds available. Suspects that are indegent must rely on public defenders which may or may not have the experience and resources for a vigorous defense. Examples of this can be found in the OJ Simpson criminal murder trial and the Kidnapping/Murder trial of Leopold and Loeb in the 1920's.
The 1924 murder of Bobby Franks by Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb caused much public outrage. Leopold, a 19 year old college student with an IQ of 200, enlisted his friend Richard Loeb, to abduct and kill 14 year old Franks, not because of something that he did, but because Leopold and Loeb were bored. One of the killers lost his prescription glasses at the crime scene and it didn't take long for the police to find them. Their attorney, Clarence Darrow, was able to keep them out of the gallows, but the were both sentenced to life in prison. In 1936 Loeb was murdered by a fellow inmate. After serving 33 years, Leopold was finally released in 1958. He moved to Puerto Rico and married in 1961. He died 10 years later.