Birdwatch Note Rating
2024-08-18 08:20:04 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: C88CCDFA741BCFB9F744BD415FA50650A0ECBB162C45E36A000B745902510B13
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Leo Frank's conviction in 1913 was later challenged with new evidence, leading to a pardon in 1986. The ADL supported this effort. The claim that the ADL was formed to suppress criticism of Jewish people is false. New evidence: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Leo-Frank#:~:text=In%201982%20Alonzo%20Mann%2C%20Frank%E2%80%99s%20%E2%80%9Coffice%20boy%2C%E2%80%9D%20came%20forward%20with%20new%20evidence%20incriminating%20Conley Frank was innocent: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/leo-frank-lynching#:~:text=Nearly%2070%20years%20after%20Phagan%E2%80%99s%20murder%2C%20on%20March%207%2C%201982%2C%20a%2010%2Dpage%20special%20section%20in%20The%20Tennessean%20reported%20that%20Frank%20was%20innocent%2C ADL: https://www.history.com/topics/early-20th-century-us/leo-frank-lynching#:~:text=But%20the%20Frank%20trial%20also%20inspired%20the%201913%20founding%20of%20the%20Anti%2DDefamation%20League%20by%20Chicago%20attorney%20Sigmund%20Livingston%2C%20with%20a%20mission%20to%20%E2%80%9Cstop%20the%20defamation%20of%20the%20Jewish%20people%2C%20and%20to%20secure%20justice%20and%20fair%20treatment%20to%20all.%E2%80%9D
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