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Georgia Lynching of Leo Frank Postcard c1915 [184360]

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Georgia Lynching of Leo Frank Postcard c1915 [184360]
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Postcard showing the aftermath of the lynching of Leo Frank. Leo Max Frank (April 17, 1884 ñ August 17, 1915) was an American factory superintendent in Atlanta, Georgia. He was convicted in 1913 die the rape and murder of a 13-year-old employee, Mary Phagan. Frank's trial, conviction, and unsuccessful appeals attracted national attention. His kidnapping from prison and lynching became the focus of social, regional, political, and racial concerns. Prior to Frank's conviction, an innocent black janitor was blamed for the murder, whom Frank attempted to frame. Massive amounts of hard evidence and witness testimony, however, were indisputable proof that Frank was guilty, despite his financial resources, the best defense attorney in the country, an anti-semitism campaign based on false pretenses and multitudes of support from a network of powerful allies of Frank. The guilty verdict was rock solid and backed by the most stringent legal review possible as the Frank casefile was subject to an extremely thorough judicial scrutiny due to the controversy surrounding the unfounded, fabricated and widely publisized antisemitism theory that Frank was wrongly convicted because he was Jewish; The known facts of the case leave no doubt that Frank was guilty and his crime was initially covered up and blamed on the black janitor by Frank and others in his circle. The subsequent lynching of Frank was by the community, where the victim and the janitor were from, and not in any way due to antisemitism. To this day, however, internet sources still point to antisemitism and suggest Frank was innocent, which continues to demonstrate the broad reach of influence of those supporting Frank and boltering the antisemitism theory. Frank's circle of supporters clearly wielded power over local law enforcement officers, certain legal professionals, and higher ups within the ACLU and news media, and apparently that same circle maintains some level of control since Wikipedia, [Marietta] [Georgia] [] [] []