HARD ON KIDNAPPERS.
AMERICA'S LINDBERGH LAW. WASHINGTON, November .30. The director of the Division of Investigation in the Department of Justice, Mr. J. Edgar Hoover, announced that the enforcement of the Lindbergh Law since its enactment in 1932 has resulted in the imposition of four death sentences for kidnapping and 33 terms of life imprisonment. In addition, 171 persons had received terms of imprisonment aggregating 2229 years. The Lindbergh Law was passed as a result of the kidnapping of Colonel C. A. Lindbergh's son on April 14, 1932. The body of the child was found on May 12. Nation-wide indignation Mas aroused by the crime and the case culminated on April 20 of this year with the execution of Bruno Richard Hauptinann, for the murder of the child.
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Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 7
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128HARD ON KIDNAPPERS. Auckland Star, Volume LXVII, Issue 285, 1 December 1936, Page 7
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