In 1944, a 14-year-old Black boy, George Stinney Jr., became the youngest person in the 20th century to be executed in the United States.
His crime? One he did not commit.
He was accused of killing two white girls, 11-year-old Betty and 7-year-old Mary, whose bodies were found near his family’s home. The trial was a sham—…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
All-white jury.
No parents allowed in the courtroom (they were threatened and forced out of town).
Defense lawyers who barely defended him.
A trial that lasted just 2 hours.
A verdict delivered in 10 minutes.
George spent 81 days in prison without seeing his family, kept in solitary confinement, 80 miles away from home.
On June 16, 1944, he walked into the electric chair with a Bible in his hands, still claiming innocence. The chair was too big for his small frame. Moments later, 5,380 volts of electricity took his life. He was just a child
Seventy years later, in 2014, a South Carolina judge overturned his conviction—finally declaring what George had always said:
He was innocent.
He was framed.
He was executed because he was Black.
History cannot erase this injustice. But we must never forget George Stinney Jr.…….CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
