caption death_date death_place birth_place birth_date alma_mater image article_title name occupation death_cause
clarence seward darrow ca. 1922 13 march 1938 chicago ashtabula , ohio 18 april 1857 allegheny college , university of michigan law school clarence_darrow . jpg clarence darrow
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clarence darrow

clarence seward darrow -lrb- ; april 18 , 1857 -- march 13 , 1938 -rrb- was an american lawyer , leading member of the american civil liberties union , and prominent advocate for georgist economic reform .
he was best known for defending teenage thrill killers leopold and loeb in their trial for murdering 14-year-old robert `` bobby '' franks -lrb- 1924 -rrb- .
some of his other notable cases included defending ossian sweet , and john t. scopes in the scopes `` monkey '' trial -lrb- 1925 -rrb- , in which he opposed william jennings bryan -lrb- statesman , noted orator , and three-time presidential candidate -rrb- .
called a `` sophisticated country lawyer '' , he remains notable for his wit , which marked him as one of the most famous american lawyers and civil libertarians .
