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Bring God back to our school curriculum *Ping*

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My favorite tidbit from the Scopes trial, aside from the movie "Inherit the Wind," was when Darrow made some remark disparaging the court proceedings, and the judge harrumphed, "The court hopes the defense is not impugning the honor of this court."

And Darrow replied, "His honor is entitled to hope."

As for Leopold and Loeb ...

Leopold and Loeb, a 1920s 'Crime of the Century', featured Clarence Darrow and the introduction of 'mental illness' as a defense instead of insanity.  The two murdering defendants were from wealthy families and killed a boy on a  lark.  They both went to prison, where one was killed, and the other got out after 33 years incarceration.  A Columbo episode looks to have been based on this case. FReeper moehoward points out that Alfred Hitchcock's The Rope was similarly based"