The Leopold|Loeb Case
The Leopold and Loeb Trial | American Experience | Official Site - PBS
In the Leopold and Loeb trial of 1924, attorney Clarence Darrow achieved what many thought impossible. He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers ...
Loeb was murdered by a fellow prisoner in 1936. Leopold was released on parole in 1958. The case has since served as the inspiration for several dramatic works.
The Leopold And Loeb Trial: An Account - Famous Trials
At one time Leopold contemplated killing Loeb over a perceived breach of confidentiality. This relationship, described by Darrow as "weird and almost impossible ...
1924: Leopold and Loeb | Homicide in Chicago 1870-1930
For Chicago, the Leopold and Loeb trial was the crime of the century. A fourteen year old boy, Bobby Franks, was murdered by two young men, Nathan Leopold ...
Leopold and Loeb | Crime of the Century, Murder, Trial, & Facts
Leopold and Loeb were the two infamous Chicago murderers of 1924 who confessed to the kidnapping and murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks for an ...
Leopold and Loeb: The grisly 'crime of the century' that fascinated ...
The Leopold and Loeb case, as it became known, left a profound mark on US society and the legal system. It was dubbed by the newspapers the ...
Leopold and Loeb - Digital History
But the Leopold and Loeb case challenged that view. The case was interpreted to mean that any parent could have raised these two youthful murderers. Said a ...
The Leopold & Loeb Trial | Cases | The Clarence Darrow Digital ...
Nathan F. Leopold, Jr. brought an action for violation of the right of privacy against the author, publishers and several local distributors of a novel and a ...
Leopold & Loeb and the crime of the century - YouTube
One hundred years ago, two affluent and academically-gifted young men – Nathan Leopold, 19, and Richard Loeb, 18 – decided to commit the ...
Leopold and Loeb: The Judge's Decision - Digital History
Said a prominent judge: Let no parent flatter himself that the Leopold-Loeb case has no lesson for him....It is more than the story of a murder ...
Leopold & Loeb: The Perfect Crime? The Emergence of Expert ...
The Leopold and Loeb trial generated a significant amount of media and public attention. Both the prosecution and defense presented numerous experts to testify ...
Reopening the Case Files of Leopold and Loeb - The Paris Review
A new book, The Leopold and Loeb Files, by Nina Barrett, returns to these original archival documents (which had languished in the basement of Northwestern ...
100 Years Ago, Leopold and Loeb Killed for Thrills
In 1924, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb committed a brutal murder where they were sure to be given the death penalty.
Leopold and Loeb Case (1924) - Digital Special Collections
Only the Scopes anti-evolution trial the following year exceeded the Leopold and Loeb case in terms of public interest and lasting historical significance.
Vintage Chicago Tribune: Leopold and Loeb
Some figured Leopold and Loeb's trial would hinge on an insanity defense. In Illinois, the legal definition of insanity was a defendant's ...
Leopold and Loeb Trial Home Page - UMKC School of Law
A site dedicated to the explication of the trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb.
Deadly Alliance: Leopold and Loeb | Chicago Stories - WTTW
Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were the quintessential picture of privilege. Both brilliant and wealthy, the two University of Chicago graduate students ...
Why Leopold and Loeb Committed Cold-Blooded Murder in the ...
The duo believed themselves to be “supermen” whose superior intellect placed them above the law. The murder, then, was a test of sorts, offering ...
But he was passionately opposed to capital punishment, and he saw the. Leopold-Loeb case as a chance to strike a blow against the death penalty. Darrow went ...
He was known as one of the leading alienists of his time and in this capacity he prepared forensic case studies for a number of celebrated criminal trials.
Leopold and Loeb
Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. and Richard Albert Loeb, usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two American students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924.