In the year 1954, the United States was changing rapidly. President Eisenhower, a Republican, was in the midst of his first term. Eisenhower had just announced to the world that the United States had in fact developed and successfully tested the first hydrogen bomb some two years prior. Mamie Eisenhower christened the Nautilus, which was the first submarine to run on nuclear power. The great court decision, “Brown vs. the Board of Education,” called for the …showed first 75 words of 1596 total…

…showed last 75 words of 1596 total…trial because he offered to give information. Lieberman was placed about a block away from the murder scene according to statements made by both Mittman and Koslow. The lawyers of the two pleaded that Menter rolled into the river on his own and that the boys were only responsible for his beating. The jury didn’t buy it and both Menter and Koslow were sentenced to life imprisonment. Upon hearing the verdict, both youths wept.