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Famed attorney Clarence Darrow attends U-M Law School. In 1925, Darrow defends Ossian and Henry Sweet, Detroit brothers charged with killing a white man. The first trial ends in a hung jury; a second trial, charging only Henry Sweet, brings an acquittal.