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    Leopold, Loeb, Menendez: and the Necessity of Hell
    Leopold, Loeb, Menendez: and the Necessity of Hell
    Leopold, Loeb, Menendez: and the Necessity of Hell
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    Leopold, Loeb, Menendez: and the Necessity of Hell

    By Richie Cooley

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    With the recent archaeological discovery of an ancient Hebrew text at Mt Ebal as a backdrop, this essay explores the concept of punishment via the famous cases of Richard Loeb, Nathan Leopold, and the Menendez brothers.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherRichie Cooley
    Release dateJun 20, 2023
    ISBN9798215897898
    Leopold, Loeb, Menendez: and the Necessity of Hell
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      Leopold, Loeb, Menendez - Richie Cooley

      Leopold, Loeb, Menendez—and the Necessity of Hell

      by Richie Cooley

      Licensed by:

      Richie Cooley (2023)

      Creative Commons: Attribution 4.0 International

      Table of Contents

      I. Juries and Prudence

      II. Archaeology and Salvation History

      III. The Prison of Hell

      Works Cited

      Before getting started, let’s review a few notes…

      *Old Testament Scripture is taken from the NEW AMERICAN STANDARD BIBLE® (NASB), copyright © 1960, 1962, 1963, 1968, 1971, 1972, 1973, 1975, 1977, 1995 by The Lockman Foundation. Used by permission.

      *New Testament Scripture is taken from the English Majority Text Version. Translated by Paul Esposito. Copyright © 2011.

      *British spelling is often used, except for the quoted material, which normally employs U.S. spelling.

      *Divine pronouns are normally not capitalized, unless they appear that way in Bible versions or other quotes.

      *As a general rule, words that appear in brackets within quotes are not found in the original texts, and were added by the translators or are my personal comments, etc.

      * * *

      I have a right to forgive those who trespass against me as I do, in the hopes that I in the hereafter will be forgiven my trespasses. As a private citizen I have that right, and as a private citizen I live that religion. But, as a public official selected by the people, charged with the duty of enforcing the laws of my country, I have no right to forgive those who violate their country’s laws. -- Prosecutor Crowe [Higdon, chapter 19]

      I. Juries and Prudence

      True crime can prove to be an interesting subject but it also can become fairly repetitive, fairly quickly. Being fed up with the endless wed-a-gal/slay-a-gal cycle of modern books and documentaries is probably the reason many become captivated by historic cases (such as Jack the Ripper, etc.). And when it comes to historical criminals you probably cannot escape eventually stumbling upon the case of Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, the wealthy teenagers who murdered young Bobby Franks without any strong motive.

      Not only are there many references to their act of murder and subsequent trial within crime books and articles but it also broadly affected popular culture throughout the 20th century. For example, the legendary film-man Orson Welles displayed one of his best acting performances while portraying Clarence Darrow (the star attorney from the defence team) in the film, Compulsion (which was also a fiction book

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