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=Introduction=
Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) was an American defense lawyer who handled high-profile cases for the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] ([[NAACP]]) and others.
Clarence Seward Darrow (1857-1938) was an American defense lawyer who handled high-profile cases for the [[American Civil Liberties Union]], [[National Association for the Advancement of Colored People]] ([[NAACP]]) and others.
=Leopold and Loeb=
Darrow's most famous defense, which was successful only 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 successful only 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.
=''Tennessee v. Scopes''=
Darrow was also unsuccessful in defending [[John Scopes]] in the so-called [[Monkey Trial]] in 1925.
Darrow was also unsuccessful in defending [[John Scopes]] in the so-called [[Monkey Trial]] in 1925.
=''Michigan v. Sweet''=
Darrow was successful in representing Henry Sweet, younger brother of Ossian Sweet, against charges of murder in ''Michigan v. Henry Sweet'', a Detroit murder trial resulting from the killing of Leon Breiner. The previous year, Darrow had argued to a mistrial the same case as charged against all nine people who were in the house from which the shots that killed Breiner were fired.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sweet/chronology.HTM</ref>
Darrow was successful in representing Henry Sweet, younger brother of Ossian Sweet, against charges of murder in ''Michigan v. Henry Sweet'', a Detroit murder trial resulting from the killing of Leon Breiner. The previous year, Darrow had argued to a mistrial the same case as charged against all nine people who were in the house from which the shots that killed Breiner were fired.<ref>http://www.law.umkc.edu/faculty/projects/ftrials/sweet/chronology.HTM</ref>