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1 author picked The Amazing Crime and Trial of Leopold and Loeb as one of their favorite books. Why do they recommend it?
If you’re someone who would like to dive more deeply into the sources from the case, this book is a great place to start.
The book’s author, Maureen McKernan, wrote half a dozen articles for The Chicago Tribune about the case in 1924, and then worked with defense lawyers Clarence Darrow and Walter Bachrach to compile this primer of the important facts and sources. In addition to a solid summary of the case, this book contains large portions of the actual confessions, psychiatric reports, testimony, speeches, and the Judge’s final decision from the hearing itself.
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