THE CHICAGO MURDER
SENTENCE OF THE COURT. IMPRISONMENT FOR LIFE. JUDGE ADVISES AGAINST PAROLE. Press Association —By Telegraph—Copyright. NEW YORK, September 10. (Received Sept. 11, at 9 p.m.) At Chicago Mr Justice Caverley sentenced Leopold and Loch to imprisonment tor life for the murder of Bobby Franks. He imposed additional sentences of 99 years each on the charge of kidnapping, to which the prisoners had pleaded guilty. Mr Justice Caverley discredited the widespread reports concerning the mutilation of the victim, adding; “The Court, however, cannot find mitigating circumstances. It is moved chiefly by consideration of the age of the defendants. Life imprisonment may not strike the public imagination so forcibly as death,' but the prolonged suffering of years of confinement may well be a more severe form of punishment.’’ In conclusion the judge specifically advised against admitting the prisoners to parole in future, saying that if parole were denied the punishment would satisfy the ends of justice and safeguard the interests of society.—A. and N.Z. Cable.
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Otago Daily Times, Issue 19275, 12 September 1924, Page 7
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