Leo Frank originally was sentenced to death for the 1913 murder of Mary Phagan in Atlanta, Georgia. Following the governor's controversial change of the sentence to life in prison based on new evidence, a mob attacked the jail where was Frank was held, dragged him from his cell, and lynched him. How was Frank different from many of the other victims of lynchings at that time?
He came from a poor family and was largely uneducated.
He was not allowed to hire a lawyer to defend himself in court.
He was Jewish and worked as the superintendent of a factory.
He was African American and the murder victim was white
