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Bennie Simmons 1910 - 1980

Bennie Simmons of Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri was born on March 12, 1910, and died at age 70 years old in August 1980.
Bennie Simmons
Bolivar, Polk County, Missouri 65613
March 12, 1910
August 1980
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Bennie Simmons' History: 1910 - 1980

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  • 03/12
    1910

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    March 12, 1910
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  • 08/dd
    1980

    Death

    August 1980
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    Unknown
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    Bennie Simmons lived 1 years shorter than the average family member when died at the age of 70.
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In 1910, in the year that Bennie Simmons was born, the Mann Act, also called the White-Slave Traffic Act, was signed into law. Its purpose was to make it a felony to engage in interstate or foreign commerce transport of "any woman or girl for the purpose of prostitution or debauchery, or for any other immoral purpose". But the language was so broad that it was also applied to consensual sex between adults when wished.
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In 1924, at the age of merely 14 years old, Bennie was alive when in May, wealthy college students Nathan Leopold and Richard Loeb kidnapped and killed 14 year old Robert Franks "in the interest of science". Leopold and Loeb thought that they were intellectually superior and that they could commit the perfect crime and not be caught. They were brought in for questioning within 8 days and quickly confessed. Clarence Darrow was hired as their defense lawyer, getting them life imprisonment instead of a death sentence. Loeb was eventually killed in prison - Leopold was released after 33 years, dying of a heart attack at age 66.
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