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335 - Leopold and Loeb: The Perfect Murder

Timesuck with Dan Cummins

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Your Honor, It May Be Neither Fair to the Court

Darrow's impassioned 12 hour long speech split over two days focused on the inhumane methods and punishments of the American justice system. He delivered it while the temperature in the courtroom reached 97 degrees. Crow would make some comments later that would be even more pointed about how the court needed to kill these two young men. And he says, but your honor, if these boys hang, you must do it. Judge Cavalley did not like these comments. Darrow would now make a speech that would be called the finest speech of his career.

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