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  • Samuel Leibowitz, seated at left, speaks with Haywood Patterson, one of nine men charged with the rape of two prostitutes on a train. The other defendants are standing behind Leibowitz and Patterson. The subsequent trial would be known as the Scottsboro Boys case.
    Samuel Leibowitz, seated at left, speaks with Haywood Patterson, one of nine men charged with the rape of two prostitutes on a train. The other defendants are standing behind Leibowitz and Patterson. The subsequent trial would be known as the Scottsboro Boys case.
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    Playing Defense

    Before acclaimed criminal attorney Samuel Leibowitz earned a national reputation defending everyone from Al Capone to the Scottsboro Boys, he represented small-time crooks like ‘Izzy the Goniff’ and used his knowledge of gefilte fish to win a client’s acquittal

    byAllan Levine
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    The Ruthless Racketeer

    In the annals of crime in New York City no one was feared more than Louis ‘Lepke’ Buchalter, who ordered the murders of dozens of men

    byAllan Levine
  • A 'Wanted' poster for mobster Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is displayed at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
    A 'Wanted' poster for mobster Louis 'Lepke' Buchalter is displayed at The Mob Museum in Las Vegas, Nevada. ( Ethan Miller/Getty Images)
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    The Jewish Gangsters of ‘Murder Incorporated’

    Prohibition-era hit squad’s handiwork appears on Boardwalk Empire

    byAlexander Aciman
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