Boston Strangler case and shifting views on punishment
A critical review of Gerald Frank's The Boston Strangler contrasts the legal system's handling of killers with a growing push toward confession rights. Albert DeSalvo is described as a culpable yet elusive figure, with debates over sanity and the use of secret confessions amid a lack of direct witnesses or courtroom trials.
National League home run champ from 1902 noted
Fragmentary report mentions Tom Leach of Pittsburgh as the 1902 NL home run champion. A figure of 1,325,000 passports issued by the U S Passport Office appears in the text. The OCR is garbled and cannot confirm full context.
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