Leopold and Loeb case

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Predicate Object
gptkbp:instanceOf gptkb:crime
gptkbp:alsoKnownAs gptkb:The_Crime_of_the_Century
gptkbp:criminalActivity gptkb:murder
kidnapping
gptkbp:culturalSignificance inspired Alfred Hitchcock's 'Rope'
inspired Meyer Levin's 'Compulsion'
inspired Patrick Hamilton's play 'Rope'
gptkbp:date 1924
gptkbp:defenseAttorney gptkb:Clarence_Darrow
gptkbp:endDate September 10, 1924
https://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#label Leopold and Loeb case
gptkbp:influenced film adaptations
crime literature
theater adaptations
gptkbp:location gptkb:Chicago,_Illinois,_United_States
gptkbp:mediaCoverage extensive
gptkbp:motive thrill killing
gptkbp:notableFor use of psychological defense
debate on capital punishment
gptkbp:perpetrator gptkb:Nathan_Leopold
gptkb:Richard_Loeb
gptkbp:plea guilty
gptkbp:prosecutor gptkb:Robert_E._Crowe
gptkbp:sentence life imprisonment
99 years imprisonment
gptkbp:trialDate July 21, 1924
gptkbp:victim gptkb:Bobby_Franks
gptkbp:bfsParent gptkb:Thrill_Me:_The_Leopold_&_Loeb_Story
gptkbp:bfsLayer 6