Author: Clarence DarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
The defendants were tried in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, for the kidnapping for ransom and for the murder of Robert Franks.
The Plea of Clarence Darrow, August 22nd, 23rd & 25th, MCMXXIII, in Defense of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, Jr., on Trial for Murder
Author: Clarence DarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Murder
Languages : en
Pages : 121
Book Description
The defendants were tried in the Criminal Court of Cook County, Illinois, for the kidnapping for ransom and for the murder of Robert Franks.
Clarence Darrow
Author: John A. FarrellPublisher: Vintage
ISBN: 0767927591
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 594
Book Description
Winner of the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Biography The definitive biography of Clarence Darrow, the brilliant, idiosyncratic lawyer who defended John Scopes in the “Monkey Trial” and gave voice to the populist masses at the turn of the twentieth century, thus changing American law forever. Amidst the tumult of the industrial age and the progressive era, Clarence Darrow became America’s greatest defense attorney, successfully championing poor workers, blacks, and social and political outcasts, against big business, fundamentalist religion, Jim Crow, and the US government. His courtroom style—a mixture of passion, improvisation, charm, and tactical genius—won miraculous reprieves for men doomed to hang. In Farrell’s hands, Darrow is a Byronic figure, a renegade whose commitment to liberty led him to heroic courtroom battles and legal trickery alike.
Clarence Darrow's Plea in Defense of Loeb and Leopold
Author: Clarence DarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Trials (Murder)
Languages : en
Pages : 104
Book Description
For the Thrill of It
Author: Simon BaatzPublisher: Harper Collins
ISBN: 006182884X
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 846
Book Description
A true crime account of the historic 1920s case from the killers’ point of view, detailing their explosive relationship that culminated in murder. It was a crime that shocked the nation: the brutal murder in Chicago in 1924 of a child by two wealthy college students who killed solely for the thrill of the experience. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb were intellectuals—too smart, they believed, for the police to catch them. When they were apprehended, state’s attorney Robert Crowe was certain that no defense could save the ruthless killers from the gallows. But the families of the confessed murderers hired Clarence Darrow, entrusting the lives of their sons to the most famous lawyer in America in what would be one of the most sensational criminal trials in the history of American justice. Set against the backdrop of the 1920s—a time of prosperity, self-indulgence, and hedonistic excess in a lawless city on the brink of anarchy—For the Thrill of It draws the reader into a world of speakeasies and flappers, of gangsters and gin parties, with a spellbinding narrative of Jazz Age murder and mystery. Praise for For the Thrill of It “Baatz’s comprehensive account of the case succeeds in identifying their peculiar personality traits as well as what it was in the nature of their relationship that made them believe in their infallibility in performing the ultimate crime. . . . [An] exhaustively researched and rivetingly presented account. . . . One of the best true-crime books of this or any other season.” —Booklist (starred review)
Leopold and Loeb
Author: Hal HigdonPublisher: University of Illinois Press
ISBN: 9780252068294
Category : True Crime
Languages : en
Pages : 388
Book Description
Provides an account of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb's killing of fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks, their celebrity, and their ultimate emergence as folk heroes.
The People V. Clarence Darrow
Author: Geoffrey CowanPublisher: Three Rivers Press
ISBN: 9780812963618
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 546
Book Description
A recreation of Clarence Darrow's 1912 trial for jury tampering provides a study of the legal system in Los Angeles at the turn of the century and provides detailed portraits of the key personalities involved in the case
Clarence Darrow
Author: David W. RintelsPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573640414
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 68
Book Description
Here is the famous attorney reminiscing over his long and renowned career, touching on many of his famous trials, including the "Monkey" trial and the sensational Leopold-Loeb case.
The Plea of Clarence Darrow
Author: Clarence DarrowPublisher:
ISBN: 9781545442685
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 90
Book Description
This is the memorable plea made by renowned lawyer Clarence Darrow in defense of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb. Darrow's clients, known by the press generally as "Leopold and Loeb" were just young men themselves when they committed a heinous act. The pair murdered a young boy named Bobby Franks, and the shocking crime and trial captivated not only Chicago, but the entire country.
Never the Sinner
Author: John LoganPublisher: Samuel French, Inc.
ISBN: 9780573626715
Category : Drama
Languages : en
Pages : 88
Book Description
Cast size: medium.
Resist Not Evil
Author: Clarence DarrowPublisher:
ISBN:
Category : Criminal law
Languages : en
Pages : 192
Book Description