1924Fourteen-year-old Bobby Franks was murdered in a “thrill killing” committed by University of Chicago students Nathan Leopold Jr. and Richard Loeb.1969Sirhan Sirhan was sentenced to death six days after being convicted of assassinating presidential candidate Sen. Robert F. Kennedy. Three years later, his sentence was commuted to life in prison due to a ruling that capital punishment as provided by California law at the time was cruel and unusual punishment prohibited by the Eighth Amendment.