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Do you know about George Stinney? He was the youngest person to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century.
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As miscarriages of justice go, few cases are as harrowing as that of George Stinney Jr - who would have turned 93- years-old yesterday💔
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The African-American boy was 14-years-old when he was accused of murdering two white girls in 1944.
A jury took just 10 minutes to find him guilty despite no evidence to link him to the crime.
A jury took just 10 minutes to find him guilty despite no evidence to link him to the crime.
