George Stinney, Jr. was only 14 years-old when he was murdered by the state of South Carolina at the height of the Jim Crow era on June 16, 1944. He was accused of killing two white girls, ages 8 and 11, with a rail-road spike.

According to Attorney Steve McKenzie, who says that he is haunted by the case, George was allegedly offered ice-cream by detectives as they coerced a confession out of him:

McKenzie is a member of a collective of legal professionals, including attorney Shaun Kent, George Frierson, and attorney Ray Chandler, who are fighting for a posthumous pardon for young George and to rectify other injustices levied against Black Americans in the Deep South during Jim Crow.

According to records, over 1,000 people packed the courtroom. The trial lasted one day and no Black people were allowed to enter the building; there is no transcript of the proceedings.


As reported by the Associated Press:

“Guards walked a 14-year-old boy, Bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 95 pounds, the straps don’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg.

The switch was pulled and the death mask fell from George Stinney’s face. Tears streamed from his eyes. Witnesses recoiled in horror as they watched the youngest person executed in the United States in the past century die.”

@poster
you do know that parents in 9ja are gladly killing their children simply because they have been referred as witch child, right?

The boy was probably innocent.

It must be 'black HISTORY month' or something.
Anyway, ammo be gerrin' ready for 'Halloween'. . . .dressssed as "Lady GAGA".
In Nigeria of course.

^^^ For real. Every other status on my facebook or twitter was about racism.

black history month is in October (UK) and February (US)

ogugua88:

The boy was probably innocent.

even if guilty, he is still very young to face capital punishment

doublekay:
even if guilty, he is still very young to face capital punishment

That's true.

That's so cruel.

That was 1944 America for you. My guess is that a majority of those who found him guilty/wanted him dead were white supremacists or were influenced by them. At the time there were still a lot of KKK members in local, state, and federal government.

BootyOnMe:

It must be 'black HISTORY month' or something.
Anyway, ammo be gerrin' ready for 'Halloween'. . . .dressssed as "Lady GAGA".
In Nigeria of course.

You strike me as someone who has very low intelligence. . .

Can you imagine they offered him things to eat while he was being detained and questioned. Is that not psychin the young man ?

racism, when will it end?

^^Sorry it can't end, even tribalism cannot also end in Nigeria.

Salmoneus:

You strike me as someone who has very low intelligence. . .

True. . .

I still own 3 homes with MY name ONLY on the deeds. 
You homeless, intelligent, NL vagabond.
Do something with your useless life please.

that is so not cool.