Imperial Valley press., 1924-09-10
LIFE IMPRISONMENT GIVEN TO BOY
Judge Cduerly's
Decision Text
1. GiUen In Full
By EDWARD g. DERR
United Press Staff Correspondent

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By EDWARD g. DERR
Omitted Press Staff Correspondent)
CRIMINAL COURT ROOM,
Chicago, Sept. 10. Sentence Of
! life imprisonment was imposed 2
/ today by Chief Justice Caverly
on Nathan Leopold .Jrs and.
Richard Loeb for their murder
Of Bobby Franks.
The justice also imposed a
sentence Of 80 years OIL the
charge Of kidnapping for ran
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The boys pleaded guilty to both
offenses. s:Nss ~ sak
Early in his opinion Justice Cav
erlv had indicated that the fore
going would be his sentence f
Nathan and Richard, sitting on
the edge Of their chairs at tense
attention, received the verdict with
out change of expression, ,agS
It took them some 80 seconds to
realize that theyshad escaped the
noosesnnda they settled back in .heir
chairs with ID thin smile.
Nathan Leopold, ST., slumped back
in his chair with tears trickling
from his eyes. His mouth worked
with emotion. The youthful pris-
Oners were whisked from the room
SO rapidly by their guards that
their brothers had no opportunity to
shake their hands.
Is Defense Victory
The sentence of the court is a
complete victory for the defense at
torneys who had concentrated their
fight on a life sentence as against !
death on the gallows. j
Dispensing with the formality Of
calling the defendants before him,
Justice Caverly said, looking direct |
ly at the boys: s
4 81 sentence YOU, Nathan Leopold,
to the penitentiary at Joliet for the /.
period OF your natural life for the
murder Of Robert Franks
Turning his gaze toward young
Loeb, Caverly said:
Il sentence you, Richard Loeb,
to the RenitentiaxX at IQlist for the
period TO your natural life for the I
murder of Robert Franks.
Turning Back to leopold, the
Justice said: .. 49, i
~ sentence you, Nathan Leopold,
to the penitentiary at Joliet for 90
years for ,'the Kidnapping Of Robert
Franks. ~ ~
And then the final sentence: ~
'sE sentence you, Richard Loeb,
to the peaitentiarx at sIoliet= force
years for the .kidnapping Of Robert
The justice, in lis opinion, said he
believed that. it was not within his
province to decline to impose the
sentence Of death on persons of full
age. - o,saf.es5
The text Of the sopipion follows: I
SIN veiw Of the profound and .un-
usual interest that this case has
aroused, not only in the community
but in the entire country and even +
beyond its boundaries, the court feels
it his duty to state. the reasons
which have led. him to the determin.
alton he has reached. ;;. 3
.aIt is NOT AN uncommon thing
that pleas Of guilty are entered in {
eases, but. almost without
exception in the past such pleas
have. been the result Of aavirtual !
agreement between the defendant .
and the state Is, attorney, where, in
Of the plea, the state 5 t
attorney, consents to recommend to I
the court sentence deemed appro- J
pirate by him and, in the absence
IF special reasons to the contrary, it.
s the practice of the, court to, fol- 8
ow such recommendations. y
In gthe present case, the situa-
ion is aadifferent one. A plea of g
,uilty has been entered by the de- 7
'ense without previous. understand $
ng with the prosecution and with y
nut any knowledge whatever on his
,art. Ss4s atA ,s.s u
Moreover, the pleas of guilty e
lid not in this particularseas as
I usually does, render the task of Is
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