The People v Leo Frank (2009)

In 1913 little Mary Phagan is found dead at the National Pencil Factory in Atlanta Police quickly decide that the Jewish Superintendent Leo Frank should be held responsible The trial commences with both prosecution and defense lawyers using ad hominen as the base for their arguments From 1913 to 1915 this murder trial and aftermath gained notoriety worldwide And one hundred years later it has produced books college and university discussions a Hollywoodized movie They Wont Forget a TV movie The Murder of Mary Phagan a Broadway musical Parade a bittersweet folk song The Ballad of Mary Phagan and racial controversy