Category: 1986 LEO M. FRANK POSTHUMOUS PARDON

Transcribed Text: Page 1: State Board of Pardons and Paroles Mobley Howell Chairman Mrs. Mamie B. Reese Member James T. Morris Member FIFTH FLOOR, EAST TOWER FLOYD VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING 2 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DRIVE, S.E. ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334 Michael H. Wing Member Wayne Snow, Jr. Member DECISION IN RESPONSE TO APPLICATION FOR POSTHUMOUS PARDON FOR LEO M. FRANK On August 25, 1913, Leo M. Frank was found guilty in Fulton County Superior Court of the murder of Mary Phagan. Frank was sentenced to death by hanging. For almost two years, the case was appealed unsuccessfully up to the

Transcribed Text: PARDON On April 26, 1913, Mary Phagan, a thirteen-year-old employee in an Atlanta pencil factory, was murdered. Georgians were shocked and outraged. Charged with the murder was the factory superintendent, Leo M. Frank. The funeral of Mary Phagan, the police investigation, and the trial of Leo Frank were reported in the overblown newspaper style of the day. Emotions were fanned high. During the trial a crowd filled the courthouse and surrounded it. While the verdict was read, Frank was kept in jail for protection. He was convicted on August 25, 1913, and subsequently sentenced to death. After unsuccessful