1) “You will doom these people to die because their parents are rich” Arguments Against The Death Penalty
5) “How many of us here have not been guilty of a wild act in our youth?”
Clarence Darrow
Darrow is referring to a religious teaching here. What is it?
Suggestion; Capital punishment is an act of…..
The trial of Leopold and Leob 2) “This has been a case of sensational publicity” Suggestion; These boys are going to hang because……
3) “For the last three weeks I have heard nothing but the cry of blood in this room. The court is being influence by public opinion”
6) “They belong in a hospital” Darrow is suggesting
7) “They planned the murder, yes. But for the last three weeks you too have been planning a murder”. Darrow is suggesting
Darrow is suggesting that # 4) “Your honour, you must make this decision”
Darrow is trying to
8) “We look back in horror at killings of the past. It has proven that as the penalties have become less barbarous crimes have become less frequent. Cruelty breeds cruelty” Darrow is suggesting that
Arguments Against The Death Penalty Clarence Darrow 9) “A religious leader said the only way we can destroy evil is through charity and love”
The trial of Leopold and Leob
11) “Are these boys fully to blame or is their parents?” Darrow is suggesting that we need to consider
Darrow is suggesting we try
12) “If we kill these boys some believe it will stop killing. This is not the case. 10) “If our state is no kinder than these boys then I don’t want to live in this society” Darrow is suggesting that
Darrow is suggesting that capital punishment does