Leopold and Loeb

Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were two of the many people who strived to commit the best crime they could think of, but the crime they committed was brought to trial and ended up being known as the trial of the century. Leopold and Loeb both came from wealthy families

sentence given to Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb after they brutally murdered young fourteen year-old Bobby Franks. They picked him up, promising to take him home, and bashed his head in with the handle of a chisel. Leopold and Loeb then took his body to Wolf Lake, a small body of water near the Indiana Illinois border, and buried him in a nearby culvert. In the end they were found, tried, and sent to prison. Drawn together by genius, love and mental instability Leopold and Loeb executed one of the most

million dollars selling illegal alcohol (History). Leopold and Loeb was disturbing in that the young boys would kidnap and kill for a ransom. All of these crimes committed in the 1920s have greatly affected culture and daily life. Al Capone “owned” the city of Chicago during prohibition. By the age of 26 he had become the most powerful crime boss of his day (Sifakis). He could control

Growing up in a such a privileged environment resulted in the boys having a superior mind set. In order to prove that they were indeed, superior, the boys intended to commit “the perfect crime”. Loeb and Leopold kidnapped and murdered Loeb’s fourteen year old cousin, Bobby Franks. The rich and powerful families of the two boys hired Clarence Darrow as their defense attorney in hopes to save them from receiving the death penalty. Darrow debated along

Just as Max advised Bigger, Leopold and Loeb’s attorney advised them to plead guilty which allowed them to use their sentencing hearing to persuade the court to spare their lives (Baatz, “For The Thrill of It: Leopold, Loeb, and the Murder that shocked Chicago” 260). Unlike Bigger, these white, well-to-do men were sentenced to life plus 99 years in prison. The sentencing of

Darrow(henceforth Darrow) was well known for his work as an attorney regarding labor law issues and his work as a defense attorney during the Franks murder trial, a trial that was also called the "Trial of the Century", where he defended Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Between the involvement of these two titanic public figures, the social divide between science and religion only served to stoke the flames of public interest even further. In order to understand why the Scopes “Monkey” Trial was given the

The morality of law and sentencing is questioned when one applies the free will problem. One may inquire how can someone be responsible for outcomes if their actions are determined? This idea is argued for clients by attorneys on various crimes committed ranging from murder to drug convictions. We can read sociological and crime statistics to gain insight on what type of individuals is more likely to commit certain unlawful acts. Those numerical calculations are derived from certain negative upbringing

The next race to come across some major stereotypes are the African Americans. Although every race has the ordeal that it had to go through one of the worse challenges that were thought of were given to the African Americans which made life horrible for them in the past, still in the present, and more than likely in the future as well. In the short story Of Coming of John, by W.E.B. DuBois It was perceived that when it comes to education matters the African American community is not very upcoming

and therefore the death penalty was a cruel and unusual punishment. An excellent example of this is the Illinois v. Leopold and Loeb trial. Two young boys, Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, were convicted of murdering a young fourteen year old boy. When everyone thought their case to be hopeless, Darrow stepped in and proved them all wrong. Darrow miraculously got Leopold and Loeb off the death penalty.

with Harvard experience and wealth, evolved from petty crimes to murder. Defense attorney Clarence Darrow was begged to defend these culpable boys and plead against the capital punishment. Knowing that the entire town wanted to see Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb heads on a platter, Darrow attempted appealing to a judge rather than a jury. Darrow fought, Darrow persuaded, Darrow won. (Asyndeton) Darrows’ 12-hour speech was able to convince the judge, and the reason this was possible was because of