In the nation’s capital, a high-stakes drama is unfolding as prosecutors Nugent Dodds and Nell Burkinshaw make a last-minute plea to save Bruno Richard Hauptmann from the electric chair. The stakes are high, but the pair’s reputation for winning cases is well-documented. Their crowning achievement came in 1935 when they secured a conviction against O Bryan Pitts and his associates, who were brought to justice after the collapse of the Nutent Dodds & H. Smith Co. mortgage company. Dodds, a special assistant to the Attorney General, and Burkinshaw, an assistant United States attorney, had been instrumental in exposing Pitts’ criminal activities. Following a grueling trial, the defendants were sentenced to lengthy prison terms. Their success led to promotions: Dodds became Assistant Attorney General in charge of the Criminal Division of the Justice Department, while Burkinshaw was appointed a special assistant to the Attorney General.
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Key Facts
- State: National
- Category: White Collar Crime
- Era: Historical
- Source: Library of Congress — Chronicling America ↗
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