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Life in Prison for Leopold and Loeb by Caverly
Chicago September 10 judge John K Caverly sentenced Nathan Leopold Jr and Richard Loeb to life imprisonment for the murder of 14 year old Robert Franks and 9 years for kidnapping the boy. The judge cited the defendants youth and stated death penalty would have been the easier path but not appropriate for minors. He noted no crime mitigation and accepted responsibility for avoiding the death sentence.
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Criminal Court
Chicago
Robert Franks
Nathan F. Leopold Jr
Richard Loeb
John K. Caverly
Caverly
Cook County
Leopold
Joliet State Penitentiary
Loeb
Crowe
Joliet
Jacob Franks
Ellis Avenue
Harvard Preparatory School
Franks
George Johnson
Robert
Pennsylvania Railroad
118Th Street
Harvard School
Robert F. Crowe
Albert H. Loeb
Sears Roebuck & Co
Greenwood Avenue
England
Willys Knight
Franks Boy
Harvard
John Levinson
Julius Rosenwald
Sears and Roebuck & Co
Bobby Franks
Mr. Franks
New York
Clarence S. Darow
Walter
Benjamin Bachrach
Grand Jury
Illinois
John R. Caverly
Criminal Courts of
Bernard Glueck
H. 8. Hulbert
Heers
Bar Association of Chicago
Silay
Eaia
Eer