George Stinney, 14, was the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. He was so small they had to stack books on the electric chair.
Due to no evidence, his conviction was posthumously vacated 70 years after his execution! #BlackHistoryMonth
A THREAD!
Due to no evidence, his conviction was posthumously vacated 70 years after his execution! #BlackHistoryMonth
A THREAD!
George was accused of killing two white missing girls, 11-Year-old Betty and 7-year-old Mary, their bodies were found near the house where he lived with his parents in Alcolu, South Carolina march 1944.
The sheriff arrested George and his brother John (later released), because he claimed that George confessed and led officers to the 'place where he hid the murder weapon'. His father was fired from his job at a local sawmill and ordered to vacate the company house.
There was no written statement of his confession apart from the officers words. He was confined for 81 days without any visits.The entire proceeding against Stinney, including the all-white- jury selection, took only one day and no black people were allowed in the courtroom.
He was executed on June 16, 1944, at 7:30 p.m. He was electrocuted with 5,380 volts in his head, imagine all that voltage in a teenager's head.
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.
May his innocent soul rest in power.
May his innocent soul rest in power.
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