Clarence Darrow's Plea in Defence of Leopold and Loeb. Girard, 1926

Publication date: 1926

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Darrow, Clarence, [1857-1938]. Haldeman-Julius, E[manuel], [1889-1951], Editor. Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, [1904 or 1905-1971], Defendant. Loeb, Richard A., [1905-1936], Defendant. Clarence's Darrow's Plea in Defense of Loeb and Leopold (August 22, 23 and 25, 1924). Girard, Kansas: Haldeman-Julius Company, [1926]. 69, [7] pp. Octavo (5-1/2" x 8-1/2"). Original stamped printed wrappers. Moderately worn and browned. Internally clean. A very good copy. $30. * Big Blue Book B-20. Clarence Darrow's famous closing argument which he delivered in a three-day-long plea to the judge, arguing against the death penalty and for life imprisonment. He contended that the defendants' troubled upbringings, privileged backgrounds, and mental state influenced their actions. Darrow advised Leopold and Loeb to plead guilty. This maneuver avoided a jury trial and put the decision of sentencing in the hands of a single judge, John R. Caverly, whom Darrow believed was more likely to be swayed by a plea for mercy. Judge Caverly sentenced Leopold and Loeb to life in prison, citing their youth as a primary factor in sparing them from execution. The Loeb-Leopold case was one of the most fascinating and sensational trials of the twentieth century, later dramatized by Hitchcock in his classic thriller Rope (1948).…

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Clarence Darrow's Plea in Defence of Leopold and Loeb. Girard, 1926
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Darrow, Clarence; Haldeman-Julius, E., Editor
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1926
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