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appendices2 9 points ago +9 / -0

Just read his Wikipedia page, it's very interesting.

"Today, the consensus of researchers is that Frank was wrongly convicted and Jim Conley was likely the actual murderer."

"Frank and his lawyers made a series of unsuccessful appeals; their final appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States failed in April 1915. Considering arguments from both sides as well as evidence not available at trial, Governor John M. Slaton commuted Frank's sentence from capital punishment to life imprisonment."

Says nothing or raises no question on maybe WHY appeals were unsuccessful? And mentions nothing of the governor relationship.