Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, confessed kidnappers and murderers in a highly sensationalized
case in 1924. They proclaimed that men of
genius, "supermen," were above the
law, and in their own minds
thought they were
absolved from guilt of their
crime because they felt themselves to be "supermen." Why did they
send Loeb and Leopold to prison except on the "only one"
computation?
see LEOPOLD AND LOEB.
Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold, confessed kidnappers and murderers in a highly sensationalized
case in 1924. Young and very intelligent, they proclaimed that men of
genius, "supermen," were above the
law. They had done the
murder just for the thrill of committing the
perfect crime,
absolved from guilt in their own minds because they
thought they were "supermen."