The Leo Frank case took place in 1913-1915 in Atlanta, Georgia. It began on April 26, 1913, when a young girl named Mary Phagan was found murdered in the basement of the National Pencil Factory, where Frank served as the superintendent. The case gained significant attention due to the gruesome nature of the crime and the subsequent arrest and conviction of Leo Frank, a Jewish-American factory owner, despite limited evidence against him. Over the course of the next two years, Frank's appeals for a new trial were denied, and he was ultimately sentenced to death. However, his sentence was later commuted to life imprisonment by Georgia's governor. The case sparked many controversies and ignited tensions around issues of anti-Semitism, racism, and justice in the early 20th century America.
