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[[image:Leo-frank-at-trial.jpg|right|thumb|200px|Lucille and Leo Frank at Frank's trial.]]
'''Leo Frank''' ([[April 17]], [[1884]] – [[August 17]], [[1915]]) was an [[United States|American]] [[Jew]] whose [[Lynching in the United States|lynching]] was a pivotal event in the evolution of the American
Frank, the manager of a pencil factory in [[Atlanta]], [[Georgia (U.S. state)|Georgia]], was accused of raping and murdering an employee, twelve-year-old '''Mary Phagan'''. Frank was convicted, despite evidence incriminating a [[janitor]] at the factory, '''Jim Conley'''. The prosecution claimed that Conley only helped Frank dispose of the body, in return for $200. After the trial, further evidence came to light calling Frank's guilt into question. The governor [[clemency|commuted]] his [[capital punishment|death sentence]] to life imprisonment, but Frank was then [[Lynching in the United States|lynched]] and killed.
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