Clarence Darrow and the Leopold and Loeb Trial

Defense Attorney Clarence Darrow

The Great American Criminal Trial of Leopold and Loeb

Attorney, historian, Director of the Montana’s Innocence Project, and University of Montana law professor, Larry Mansch helps D@D members understand the enormous influence that attorney Clarence Darrow has on America, clamming that Darrow belongs on the Mount Rushmore of American Jurisprudence. An brilliant attorney who took some of America’s more difficult and comples cases in order to pursue social justice for the “little man,” Clarence Darrow an enigmatic man with as many personal flaws as virtues. His impact cannot be understated.

Using the case of two wealthy, thrill murderers in Chicago, Leopold and Loeb, as an example, Larry visited Dunrovin Ranch to discuss Clarence Darrow’s long reach into the American legal system with SuzAnne Miller on March 10, 2019, at 6PM.