Darrow's most famous defense, which was only successful to extent he avoided the [[death penalty]] for his clients, was in his 1924 representation of the teenagers Leopold and Loeb after they murdered the younger 14-year-old Bobby Franks in what may have been a sexual assault. Leopold and Loeb were children of wealthy and prominent parents. | Darrow's most famous defense, which was only successful to extent he avoided the [[death penalty]] for his clients, was in his 1924 representation of the teenagers Leopold and Loeb after they murdered the younger 14-year-old Bobby Franks in what may have been a sexual assault. Leopold and Loeb were children of wealthy and prominent parents. |