WE REMEMBER, JUNE 1944.
George Stinney Jr. was the youngest person to be
sentenced to death in the 20th century, he was only
14 years old.
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During his trial and execution day he
always carried a Bible, claiming to be innocent.
He was accused of killing two white girls, 11-Year-
old Betty, and Mary of 7, by all white jury. The trial
lasted only 2 hours, and the sentence was dictated
10 minutes later.
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The boy’s parents were threatened, and prevented
from being present in the courtroom, and
subsequently expelled from that city.
Before the execution, George spent 81 days in
prison without being able to see his parents.
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He was held in solitary, 80 miles from his city. He
was alone without the presence of his parents or a
lawyer.
He was electrocuted with 5,380 volts in his head,
imagine all that voltage in a teenager’s head.
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70 years later, his innocence was finally proven by
a judge in South Carolina. The boy was innocent,
someone set it up to blame him for being black.
#Say No to Racism!
#LearnWithHistory.
