Author: NATHAN F. LEOPOLD, JR. (INTRODUCTION BY EARLE STANLEY GARDNER)
Title: Life Plus 99 Years
Description: New York, NY: Doubleday, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book is mostly clean and bright. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have a couple of small edge tears and nicks, especially to the spine ends and corners, and there is some light sunning to the spine of the dust jacket. "Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936) , usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks (a relative of Loeb) in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924. They committed the murder – characterized at the time as "the crime of the century" – hoping to demonstrate superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences. After the two men were arrested, Loeb's family retained Clarence Darrow as lead counsel for their defense. Darrow's twelve-hour summation at their sentencing hearing is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment as retributive rather than transformative justice. Both young men were sentenced to life imprisonment plus 99 years. 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." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: True Crime Nathan F. Leopold Erle Stanley Gardner Prison Murder Leopold & Loeb
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Title: Life Plus 99 Years
Description: New York, NY: Doubleday, 1958. 1st Edition; 1st Printing. Hardcover. This book is in Very Good+ condition and has a Very Good dust jacket. The book is mostly clean and bright. There is some light bumping to the spine ends and corners of the book covers. The text pages are clean and bright. The dust jacket is generally clean and bright, but does have a couple of small edge tears and nicks, especially to the spine ends and corners, and there is some light sunning to the spine of the dust jacket. "Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb (June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936) , usually referred to collectively as Leopold and Loeb, were two wealthy students at the University of Chicago who kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks (a relative of Loeb) in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924. They committed the murder – characterized at the time as "the crime of the century" – hoping to demonstrate superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences. After the two men were arrested, Loeb's family retained Clarence Darrow as lead counsel for their defense. Darrow's twelve-hour summation at their sentencing hearing is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment as retributive rather than transformative justice. Both young men were sentenced to life imprisonment plus 99 years. 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." (from Wikipedia). Very Good+ in Very Good dust jacket .
Keywords: True Crime Nathan F. Leopold Erle Stanley Gardner Prison Murder Leopold & Loeb
Price: US$ 100.00 Seller: S. Howlett-West Books
- Book number: 47716
- Book number: 47716
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