Murder among friends: how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime

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"How did two teenagers brutally murder an innocent child...and why? And how did their brilliant lawyer save them from the death penalty in 1920s Chicago? Written by a prolific master of narrative nonfiction, this is a compulsively readable true-crime story based on an event dubbed the "crime of the century." In 1924, eighteen-year-old college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb made a decision: they would commit the perfect crime by kidnapping and murdering a child they both knew. But they made one crucial error: as they were disposing of the body of young Bobby Franks, whom they had bludgeoned to death, Nathan's eyeglasses fell from his jacket pocket. Multi-award-winning author Candace Fleming depicts every twist and turn of this harrowing case--how two wealthy, brilliant young men planned and committed what became known as the crime of the century, how they were caught, why they confessed, and how the renowned criminal defense attorney Clarence Darrow enabled them to avoid the death penalty."--
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Franks, Bobby, -- 1909-1924
Franks, Bobby, -- 1909-1924 -- Juvenile literature
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Kidnapping -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Juvenile literature
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, -- 1904-1971
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal, -- 1904-1971 -- Juvenile literature
Loeb, Richard A., -- 1905-1936
Loeb, Richard A., -- 1905-1936 -- Juvenile literature
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago
Murder -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago
Murderers -- Illinois -- Chicago -- Juvenile literature
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Chicago -- History -- Juvenile literature
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County
Trials (Murder) -- Illinois -- Cook County -- Juvenile literature
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Murder among friends : how Leopold and Loeb tried to commit the perfect crime
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Kidnapping
Leopold, Nathan Freudenthal
Loeb, Richard A
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