George Stinney - Wikipedia
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 ...
The True Story Of George Stinney Jr. And His Brutal Execution
Feb 28, 2023 · In 1944, George Stinney Jr. was accused of murdering two girls and sentenced to death after just 10 minutes. Seventy years later, his conviction was overturned.
Remembering the Execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, 80 …
Jun 14, 2024 · Stinney was charged with capital murder and rape, tried, convicted, and executed in South Carolina’s electric chair in just under three months. Just days after Mr. Stinney’s arrest, his father was fired from his job and the family was forced to …
Court Acknowledges Wrongful Execution of 14-Year Old George Stinney
Dec 19, 2014 · An African-American boy, George Stinney, who was executed when he was 14 years old for the killing of two young white girls, was exonerated this week, seventy years after he became the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 1900s. A South Carolina judge ruled he was denied due process.
It took 10 minutes to convict 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. It …
Dec 18, 2014 · George Stinney Jr was executed in 1944 for the murder of two white girls. (Reuters) By Lindsey Bever. December 18, 2014 at 5:24 a.m. EST. In March 1944, deep in the Jim Crow South, police came...
George Stinney | Say Their Names - Spotlight at Stanford
George Stinney Jr. was only 14 years old when he was executed by electrocution on June 16, 1944, for the murder of two white girls, in Alcolu, South Carolina. George’s spurious case has understandably tormented civil rights advocates for years.
Fourteen-Year-Old George Stinney Executed in South Carolina
An all-white jury deliberated for 10 minutes before convicting George Stinney of murder, and the judge promptly sentenced the 14-year-old to death. Despite appeals from Black advocacy groups, Governor Olin Johnston refused to intervene. George Stinney remains the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century.
S.C. Judge Says 1944 Execution Of 14-Year-Old Boy Was Wrong
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 person...
US judge overturns 1940s conviction of executed boy - BBC News
Dec 18, 2014 · George Stinney was arrested, convicted and executed in 1944 in the space of three months, and with no appeal. Supporters said his trial was tainted by racism and lack of evidence.
Opinion | Seeking Justice for George Stinney - The New York Times
Jun 16, 2014 · On March 24, 1944, George was arrested and charged with the murder of two young white girls, Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames, who were found beaten...
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