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NBC. Release. January 24. ( 1988-01-24) –. January 26, 1988. ( 1988-01-26) [1] The Murder of Mary Phagan is a 1988 American two-part television miniseries starring Jack Lemmon about the murder of a 13-year-old factory worker and the subsequent trial of her accused murderer Leo Frank.
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Fulton County District Attorney Paul Howard will reopen the 1913 trial of Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent convicted of murdering a black girl. The article explores the history, evidence and controversies of the case that sparked anti-Semitism and lynching in Georgia.
Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 – August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent and lynching victim. He was convicted in 1913 of the murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan, in Atlanta, Georgia. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention.
Feb 20, 2020 · The testimony used to convict Frank was perjured, and the real killer of 14-year-old Mary Phagan was the man who gave that false testimony, the witness has disclosed to The Tennessean. Alzono...
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Apr 6, 2023 · Leo Frank, a Jewish factory superintendent, was wrongly convicted for the murder of Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old girl, in 1913. He was kidnapped from prison and lynched by an antisemitic mob in 1915, after exhausting his appeals and commuting his death sentence to life.
Nov 13, 2009 · Leo Frank, the Jewish owner of a pencil factory, was falsely accused of killing Mary Phagan, a 13-year-old girl, in 1913. He was convicted and sentenced to death, but was lynched by a mob led by Tom Watson, a racist politician.
May 14, 2003 · The Murder. On April 26, 1913, Mary Phagan, the child of tenant farmers who had moved to Atlanta for financial gain, went to the pencil factory to collect her week’s wages. Leo Frank, the superintendent of the factory, paid her. He was the last person to acknowledge having seen Phagan alive.
