Leo Frank

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Leo Frank was the manager of an Atlanta, Georgia pencil factory. When a young girl, Mary Phagan, an employee, was murdered he was accused of the murder. Based on rather flimsy evidence he was convicted. After a pardon he was incarcerated for life in the Georgia penitentury. He was removed from the prison and lynched.

Further Reading

  • Steve Oney, And the Dead Shall Rise: The Murder of Mary Phagan and the Lynching of Leo Frank, Random House, October, 2003, hardcover, 742 pages, ISBN 0679421475
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