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"American Experience: The Perfect Crime." It told the Leopold and Loeb murder story from the perspective of Clarence Darrow's defense of what was an all but undisputed premeditated murder.
It put his strategy in the context of the longer term debate and evolving thought about capital punishment, individual responsibility and mitigating life-experience issues. Since most history buffs (most FL members) know the L&L story, it was enjoyable to see it told in the framework of the historical debate about capital punishment.
That said, no matter how familiar you are with the story, how long ago it happened, it is still chilling to think that these two young men killed an innocent boy just to see if they could get away with it.
It put his strategy in the context of the longer term debate and evolving thought about capital punishment, individual responsibility and mitigating life-experience issues. Since most history buffs (most FL members) know the L&L story, it was enjoyable to see it told in the framework of the historical debate about capital punishment.
That said, no matter how familiar you are with the story, how long ago it happened, it is still chilling to think that these two young men killed an innocent boy just to see if they could get away with it.