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George Junius Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944) was an African American boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of Alcolu ...
Feb 28, 2023 · George Stinney Jr. was a 14-year-old African-American boy who was convicted and killed in the electric chair in 1944 for the murder of two white girls. His case was reopened in 2014 and he was posthumously exonerated in 2015 after new evidence emerged that cast doubt on his guilt.
Learn about the case of George Stinney Jr., the youngest person executed in modern times in the US, who was wrongfully convicted of murdering two white girls in 1944. See how his conviction was vacated in 2014 and his innocence was recognized.
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Dec 17, 2014 · A judge vacated the conviction of a 14-year-old black boy who was electrocuted in 1944 for killing two white girls in South Carolina. She ruled that his trial was marked by constitutional violations and his confession was unreliable.
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It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him. - The Washington Post. This article was published more than 9 years ago. It...
May 8, 2021 · South Carolina may bring back electric chair, once used to execute a 14-year-old boy later exonerated. By Lindsey Bever. and. Gillian Brockell. May 8, 2021 at 8:00 a.m. EDT. George Stinney...
Dec 18, 2014 · An African-American boy, George Stinney Jr., who was executed at age 14 in the killing of two young white girls has been exonerated in South Carolina, 70 years after he became the youngest...
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