Chapter Thirteen - Afterword: Pardon, 1986 - The Murder Of Little Mary Phagan, 1989 - Read By Vanessa Neubauer In 2015

This is the thirteenth and final installment in a 13-part series of audiobooks from the "The Murder of Little Mary Phagan" book by Mary Phagan-Kean. The author's father told her that Alonzo Mann, passed away on March 18th,1985. The author's father and the author met with Celest Moore of the Pardons and Paroles Board regarding another application for a pardon for Leo Frank. The board had previously denied a pardon in 1983 due to the reverberations from the case. The author's father believed that the Jewish community had filed a posthumous pardon application, which would be based on the contention that the state did not protect Leo Frank and that his rights were violated.Show more

Renewal efforts for a pardon began in September 1985, and the author's father believed that a pardon that addressed the extra legal case about Leo Frank would be most likely achievable. The board agreed to grant a special type of pardon that would imply neither innocence or guilt, but merely address the concerns brought about by the case.

The author's father reminded the board that if the pardon were granted, books, miniseries, and movies of the Mary Phagan/Leo Frank case would be made, and the controversy surrounding her horrible death would continue. The author's father announced the issuance of a pardon order on March 11, 1986, at the Georgia State Capitol.

The author's father questioned why there was no public announcement of receipt of the application and why other people opposed the pardon were not told of the new application. The author believes that the pardon would not heal old wounds as they had hoped, and the controversy surrounding Mary Phagan's death would continue.

The author's father argued that the board had overlooked guilt or innocence in the Frank trial, something it had never done in pardons of forgiveness or pardons of innocence. The author's father's father felt saddened by the situation and the lack of conclusive evidence proving Frank's innocence.

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Please purchase the book, 'The Murder of Little Mary Phagan by Mary Frances Phagan Kean' to learn more about the Leo Frank case.