It's September, 1924. As Clarence
Darrow - one of the most brilliant trial lawyers of this century - quotes these words from A.E. Houseman, he is in the midst of a twelve-hour plea for mercy in a Chicago courtroom. The public outcry has been
No mercy!!
The defendants, 19-year-old Nathan Leopold and 18-year-old
Richard Loeb, had viciously kidnapped and killed 14-year-old Bobby Franks. Had they shown mercy to him?