When Bobby Franks was 14 years old, he delivered an impassioned indictment of capital punishment during a school debate competition, arguing that “only God is permitted to take human life.” ...
John Logan’s first play, Never the Sinner, was based on the real-life trial of Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, whose murder of 14-year-old Bobby Franks in 1924 was one of the most notorious crimes of ...
Why did they kill little Bobby Franks? Not for money, not for spite, not for hate. They killed him as they might kill a spider or a fly, for the experience. They killed him because they were made ...
On the morning of May 22, 1924, the body of 14-year-old Bobby Franks was found in a culvert outside of Chicago. A pair of glasses found at the crime scene would lead police to an unlikely suspect.
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