Category: 1986 POSTHUMOUS PARDON


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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.…
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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,…