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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.
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.
Read the full text of the contemporary reports about the 1913 inquest that declared Mary Phagan's death a murder and suspected Leo Frank, her employer. Learn about the contradictions, oddities, and controversies in the testimony and evidence presented at the inquest.
A 1988 crime drama based on the true story of a young girl killed in Atlanta in 1913 and the controversial trial of the factory manager Leo Frank. Starring Jack Lemmon, Kevin Spacey, Peter Gallagher and others, the series won three Primetime Emmys.
Nov 13, 2009 · Thirteen-year-old Mary Phagan is found sexually molested and murdered in the basement of the Atlanta, Georgia, pencil factory where she worked. Her murder later led to one of the most...
