America 1930-1939: Law and Justice Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 94 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1930-1939.
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America 1930-1939: Law and Justice Research Article from American Decades

This Study Guide consists of approximately 94 pages of chapter summaries, quotes, character analysis, themes, and more - everything you need to sharpen your knowledge of America 1930-1939.
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Struggling to find some motive for Ma's criminal activities, the FBI later explained that the death of her eldest child drove her into a vengeanceseeking orgy of violence. She was reputed to have carried out a series of bank robberies and kidnappings unequaled in the annals of modern crime. The truth may well have been quite different, but by then it hardly mattered. After the death of Herman, little more was heard concerning the Barkers until 1932, the year Lloyd was arrested for mail robbery and sentenced to a twenty-five-year term. Fred had been serving a term in prison for the shooting of a town constable who had caught him attempting to steal a car. In 1933, under conditions that suggested his freedom may have been purchased, Fred was released and returned home to Ma in the company of Alvin "Creepy" Karpis. It is likely that Fred...

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