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Black teen executed in 1944 may get new trial
George Stinney was just 14-years-old when he was convicted for the murders of two white girls ages 11 and 7. The confession was shaky, and Stinney did not have proper representation. The young child didn’t stand a chance against the South Carolina jury.
BYP NEWSFLASH: 14 Year-Old Unjustly Executed in 1944, Racist Bake Sale Counter Protest, Eric B. & Rakim May Be Heading For the Rock Hall of Fame, and MORE!
BYP MORNING NEWSFLASH September 28, 2011 The Grio’s Zerlina Maxwell has written a fascinating piece on the trial of 14 year-old George Junius Stinney, Jr., who was executed in 1944 for the murders of two young white girls in South Carolina. Though he’d even been a part of the search crew for the missing […]