It began over cokes and phosphates in a drugstore in Dayton, Tennessee. A little scheme to boost the local economy exploded into the trial of the century.
In the Leopold and Loeb trial of 1924, attorney Clarence Darrow achieved what many thought impossible. He saved the lives of two cold-blooded child-killers with the power of a speech.
Robert Stone discusses his approach to making Guerrilla: The Taking of Patty Hearst, and offers his ideas about why the story is compelling in the post-September 11th world.
In this edited excerpt from their book, The Voices of Guns, journalists Vin McLellan and Paul Avery describe the group that kidnapped Patty Hearst, and discuss their motivations.
