Category: 1986 POSTHUMOUS PARDON
Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles Decision Denying Exoneration for Leo Frank, December 22, 1983, Regarding his Homicide-Conviction for the Strangulation Murder of Mary Phagan in 1913
Transcribed Text: Page 1: State Board of Pardons and Paroles. FIFTH FLOOR, EAST TOWER, FLOYD VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING, 2 MARTIN LUTHER KING, JR. DRIVE, S.E., ATLANTA, GEORGIA 30334. Mobley Howell, Chairman. Mrs. Mamie B. Reese, Member. James T. Morris, Member.…
State Board of Pardons and Paroles, March 11th, 1986
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,…