Leo M. Frank

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death and Lynched
Years Imprisoned:	2
Year Crime:	1913
Year Convicted:	1913
Year Cleared:	1986
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	Georgia
County or Region of Crime:	Fulton
City of Crime:	Atlanta
Result:	Pardoned Posthumously
Summary of Case:	"Leo M. Frank was wrongly convicted in 1913 of murdering 13-year-old Mary Phagan who worked at the Atlanta pencil factory managed by Frank. After his death sentence was commuted to life in prison by Georgia's governor, in August 1915 a mob stormed the state prison where Frank was jailed and kidnapped him. He was lynched by the mob. In 1986 Leo Frank was granted a posthumous pardon by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles."
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Innocence Proved By:	In 1986 Leo Frank was granted a posthumous pardon by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.
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Age When Imprisoned:	29
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	White
Information Source 1:	"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 115."
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Leo M. Frank

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death and Lynched

Years Imprisoned:

2

Year Crime:

1913

Year Convicted:

1913

Year Cleared:

1986

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

Georgia

County or Region of Crime:

Fulton

City of Crime:

Atlanta

Result:

Pardoned Posthumously

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Innocence Proved By:

In 1986 Leo Frank was granted a posthumous pardon by the Georgia Board of Pardons and Paroles.

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Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

29

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Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

White

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"“Miscarriages of Justice in Potentially Capital Cases,” Hugo Adam Bedau & Michael L. Radelet, Stanford Law Review, November, 1987, Vol. 40, p. 115."

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