HIST 3850 Lecture Notes - Lecture 6: Supreme Court Of Georgia (U.S. State), Leo Frank, Lower East Side
14 Jan 2014
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Lynching: to put to death, especially by hanging, by mob action and without legal authority. Factors in decline of violence: economics: mass migration of african americans out of south america, social conditions must improve if south hopes to retain this valuable labour, also better law enforcement; the reforming activities of white and african- American social organizations; increasing influence of the federal government. Immigrants cut off in 1920s: 1930s great depression, wasn"t until 1950s that us began to accept them, different groups arrived in north america, jewish from western europe mainly. Judge wasn"t sure about guilt and said so but wasn"t sure about public reaction so granted. Jury deliberates for 4 hours: judge denied another trial, frank"s law really wanted a new trial. Georgia supreme court: appealed to georgia s. c. arguing that jurors were prejudiced/ 3-2 against. Frank: court states that judge"s actions were appropriate and reject defense argument on three important points about the jury.
