LEOPOLD AND LOEB
THE JUDGE'S DECISION
PERMANENT INCARCERATION.
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(AUSTRALIAN-NEW ..ZEALAND- OABLB ASSOCIATION.) CHICAGO, 10th September. Mr. Justice-Caverley sentenced Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb to life imprisonment for the murder of Bobby1 Franks. \ The Judge imposed additional sentences" of • ninety-nine years each on the charge of kidnapping, to which the prisoners had pleaded guilty. Mr. Justice Caverley was 'of opinion that', the widespread reports concerning mutilation, of the victim must be discredited, but added: "The Court, however, cannot find mitigating circumstances. -It is moved chiefly by consideration'of the agepf the defendants/Life imprisonment may not strike the public imagination as forcibly as death, but the prolonged, suffering of years of confinement may well be a more severe form-of punishment." . :
Mr. Justice Caverley, in conclusionj specifically advised against admitting the defendants to parole in' future, saying : 'If parole is denied, the punishment will satisfy the ends of justice and safeguard the interests of society."
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Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 7
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154LEOPOLD AND LOEB Evening Post, Volume CVIII, Issue 64, 12 September 1924, Page 7
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