On this date in Georgia history, Leo Frank became a victim of a lynch mob in Marietta. Frank had been convicted of murdering a 15-year-old girl in 1913. His case was always in question and evidence pointed to another person, but several witnesses gave conflicting testimonies during the ctrial, leading to his conviction. Frank was sentenced to death, but Governor John Slaton commuted his sentence to life in prison. It was lawyer Tom Watson who told Georgians to “take justice into their own hands.” Frank was kidnapped from the state prison and lynched. No one was ever charged with his death. All of this occurred on August 17, 1915 and some 70 years later in 1986, the state of Georgia pardoned Leo Frank.
Peaches
- Rural Georgia continues to lose jobs and youngins’
- State law stands in the way of Confederate monument removals
- Georgia judge suspended over Facebook posts
- Georgia Public Service Commission isn’t back up on Vogtle
- 30 Georgia businesses join anti-drilling alliance
- Georgia mom with special needs child is lobbying GDOT
- Company ordered to pay $300,00+ in gas leak at Georgia sperm bank
- Georgia named “Best States for Aerospace Manufacturing”
Jimmy Carter
- Gov. Terry McAuliffe and cops offer conflicting stories
- Iran is mocking us and apparently it’s news
- Mental evaluations for illegal immigrants seeking asylum
- It’s Georgia Washington on the chopping block now
- Trump is anti-Amazon….still.
- Sarah Palin has managed to make it back into the headlines
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