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The complete Leo Frank Trial Brief of Evidence from 1913 is now fully uploaded to Minds.com and is fully available to view with a free Minds account. You can find the full archive on the Crime Time Capsule channel at www.minds.com/crimetimecapsule.
This collection contains the full and official Trial Brief of Evidence from July through August 1913, originally presented in the Fulton County Superior Court Annex in Atlanta, Georgia. The entire record has been published as 202 narrated transcript clipping video segments, preserving the verbatim testimony and courtroom proceedings exactly as they were heard by the jury. Taken together, this material represents one of the most important primary sources for understanding the Leo Frank case in its original legal context.
The archive can be accessed here: Crime Time Capsule on Minds, www.minds.com/crimetimecapsule.
Please note that while the content is free, you must create a free Minds account to view the full series of 202 clipping videos.
Minds was chosen intentionally. It presents itself as a platform committed to First Amendment principles and open discussion. In the past, whenever newly transcribed Leo Frank legal records were published on my independent websites, those sites were quickly targeted by repeated denial of service attacks and hacking attempts. These incidents often originated from foreign IP addresses and resulted in servers being knocked offline or compromised. The clear pattern suggested an effort to prevent the public from examining the trial record in full.
Those attacks reinforced an important point. When fair minded readers are allowed to study the original evidence, testimony, and legal arguments for themselves, they may reach conclusions similar to those reached by the jurors in 1913 and by the Georgia Supreme Court in 1914. That court explicitly affirmed that the evidence presented at trial was sufficient to support Leo Frank’s conviction.
To prevent future disruption, the project has shifted toward diversification, distribution, and decentralization. Rather than relying on a single website, the official trial documents, transcripts, audiobooks, and clipping videos are now distributed across free speech oriented platforms that are more resistant to coordinated suppression. Minds offers a stable environment where the full Brief of Evidence can remain accessible without interference.
The trial testimony itself unfolded between Monday, July 28, 1913, and Thursday, August 21, 1913. Closing arguments began on August 21 and concluded at midday on August 25. Later that same afternoon, the jury returned a unanimous verdict of guilty. On August 26, 1913, Judge Leonard Strickland Roan formally affirmed the verdict and sentenced Leo Max Frank to death by hanging. The execution was delayed as Frank’s attorneys pursued a lengthy series of appeals that extended the case for nearly two years.
If you want to study these records for yourself, you can watch all 202 narrated segments of the Leo Frank Trial Brief of Evidence by visiting Crime Time Capsule on Minds at www.minds.com/crimetimecapsule. A free Minds account is required to access the full archive.
This release represents one of the most complete public presentations of the trial’s primary evidence ever assembled. Its purpose is simple. Preserve the record. Make it accessible. Allow independent study beyond censorship, suppression, or selective quotation.
If you would like to support this work, I invite you to purchase the 2025 second revised and expanded edition of The Murder of Little Mary Phagan, now available on Amazon. Each copy helps fund ongoing transcription, digitization, and preservation of historical material connected to this case. These efforts are aimed at ensuring future generations can examine the original legal record in full, rather than relying on summaries or interpretations.
Permission has been granted by Mary Phagan Kean to repost her statement from X regarding this project.
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