UPDATE Dec 2014 Judge overturns conviction of 14-yo executed in 1944 Finally! - George Stinney Exonerated - here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R3Ezj0QrWe4 George Junius Stinney Jr. was, at age 14, the youngest person executed in the United States in the 20th century (1944) The boy was very small for his age (5'1) so small, they had to stack books on the electric chair. http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2877958/Judge-Boy-14-shouldnt-executed-SC.html http://www.cbsnews.com/news/south-carolina-boy-executed-for-1944-murder-is-exonerated/ --------------- This clip is from the 1991 movie "Carolina Skeletons" which is based on that event. (I have no ownership or copyrights concerning this film) Because there is literally NO EVIDENCE AGAINST HIM (accused of murdering two white girls) ...the question of Stinney's guilt and the judicial process leading to his execution remain controversial (ie. there's a strong possibility they executed an INNOCENT person) http://tinyurl.com/bs957yh http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3iBySGms-t0 The police rounded up several black boys from the area besides George, according to his brother. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kVCFpbB3Dt0 http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2013/11/10/george-stinney-black-teen-executed-new-trial_n_4250315.html?utm_hp_ref=politics&ir;=Politics http://www.rawstory.com/rs/2011/10/03/new-evidence-could-clear-14-year-old-executed-by-south-carolina/ http://thegrio.com/2011/09/28/was-the-youngest-person-ever-executed-innocent/ http://wizzley.com/george-stinney-jr-child-executed-usa/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney ( http://tinyurl.com/ljwbv6x - compare little George in this actual photo to the two white guys wearing hats) "The lack of any physical evidence or archived police and court records is the reason South Carolina attorney Steve McKenzie, who detailed Stinney's story to TheGrio, said he wants to re-open the case of the execution George Junius Stinney, Jr. McKenzie said he believes Stinney was innocent of the murder and with "no investigative notes, no trial transcripts, no written confession, and nothing to indicate guilt," it is clear Stinney's trial and subsequent execution were suspicious at best and a miscarriage of justice at worst. . . . . . . . . George Stinney 14 year old Execute executions by executions in South Carolina death row trial Electrocution Electricution Capital Punishment Death Penalty Jim Crow negro racism black history The End of Silence David Stout John Erman Emmett Till Troy Davis police brutality lynching tried as adult juvenile Trayvon Martin Shot by police Police brutality driving while black murder mob death penalty innocence laws MLK confederate Martin Luther King Carolina Skeletons Kenn Michael Linus Bragg George Stinney Execute execution South Carolina death row Capital Punishment Electrocution Death Penalty Jim Crow negro racism black history Emmett Till Troy Davis police brutality lynching tried as adult juvenile Trayvon Martin driving while black murder mob death penalty innocence laws MLK confederate Martin Luther King Carolina Skeletons execution year old convicted killer Stinney StinneyStinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney Stinney

• published: 25 Jan 2012
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