1924Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb, two University of Chicago students, kidnapped and murdered 14-year-old Bobby Franks with the purpose of committing the “perfect crime.” Clarence Darrow’s 12-hour-long closing argument at their sentencing hearing is noted for its influential criticism of capital punishment. Both men were sentenced to life imprisonment. Loeb was murdered by a fellow prisoner and Leopold was released in 1958.1947The Truman Doctrine went into effect, establishing that the U.S. would …