Leopold and Loeb

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Nathan Freudenthal Leopold Jr. (November 19, 1904 – August 29, 1971) and Richard Albert Loeb ( ; June 11, 1905 – January 28, 1936), together known as Leopold and Loeb, were two American murderers who kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks in Chicago, Illinois, United States, on May 21, 1924. Leopold and Loeb, both of whom were students at the University of Chicago, were respectively ages 19 and 18 years, and were engaged in a same-sex relationship at the time of their crime. They committed the murder hoping to demonstrate their superior intellect, which they believed enabled and entitled them to carry out a "perfect crime" without consequences. The murder and subsequent trial received intense and sensational coverage in the press. Leopold's and Loeb's families retained Clarence Darrow as lead counsel for their defense. Darrow's eight-hour summation at their sentencing hearing is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment as retributive rather than transformative justice...

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