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Rita W Strauss 1910 - 2005

Rita W Strauss of North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL was born on December 9, 1910, and died at age 94 years old on August 18, 2005.
Rita W Strauss
North Miami Beach, Miami-Dade County, FL 33160
December 9, 1910
August 18, 2005
Female
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  • 12/9
    1910

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    December 9, 1910
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  • 08/18
    2005

    Death

    August 18, 2005
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    Rita W Strauss lived 17 years longer than the average family member when died at the age of 94.
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In 1910, in the year that Rita W Strauss 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, Rita was only 14 years old 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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