10-03-2019 17:54 via sltrib.com

Commentary: Utah needs an enforceable hate crimes law

In 1915, Leo Frank, the Jewish manager of Atlanta’s National Pencil Company, was wrongly convicted of murder. Following a trial steeped in anti-Semitism, Frank was kidnapped from prison, driven seven hours across Georgia, and lynched in a park. The merciless mob included a former governor, as well as former and current mayors and sheriffs who posed for photos with Frank’s dangling corpse.During Frank’s sham trial, shouts of “hang the Jew” roared from the gallery and
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