Crime Scene Map	Famous American Trials Illinois v. Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb 1924
The Glasses
The Confession
Darrow's Summation
State's Summation	Leopold, Darrow, and Loeb during the arraignment
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In Leopold's Words
Leopold & Ornithology	An Introduction by Prof. Douglas Linder (1997) Few trial transcripts are as likely to bring tears to the eyes as that of the 1924 murder trial of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold. Decades after Clarence Darrow delivered his twelve-hour long plea to save his young clients' lives, his moving summation stands as the most eloquent attack on the death penalty ever delivered in an American courtroom. Mixing poetry and prose, science and emotion, a world-weary cynicism and a dedication to his cause, hatred of bloodlust and love of man, Darrow takes his audience on an oratorical ride that would be unimaginable in a criminal trial today....[Cont.]  Send Comments  Famous Trials Homepage   Link
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