The youngest child executed in America
Two girls walked off into the woods and never came back. A 14-year-old black boy was executed for their murder three months later. This is the story of George Stinney Jr.
Given a trial that only lasted two and a half hours
On March 22, 1944, two little girls in Alcolu, South Carolina left home looking for flowers. When they turned up dead the next morning, people in the town quickly had a scapegoat in mind. Alcolu, like most towns in the South during the 1940s, was segregated and had deep racial tension. 14-year-old Stinney was arrested. Officers said he confessed to the murder of 7-year-old Mary Thames, and the rape and murder of 11-year-old Betty Binnicker. An all-white jury convicted him of 2 counts of first-degree murder.
“They deliberated for 10 minutes. And then on June 16, 1944, they executed them. This stuff is still happening. It didn't just happen in 1944, this didn't just happen with Emmett Till and, you know, and Medgar Evers then and all these others that this is still happening today. There is a pattern of systematic injustice that is going on has been going on in this country and has been hidden for a long, long time. So, the hope is in telling the story that we can we can we can kind of introduce the reality of it is we've been hiding as a country behind it for a long time,” Ray Brown, Jr -- filmmaker, 83 Days tells Brut.
Stinney is the youngest American to be executed by the state
Activists allege that he was railroaded by authorities. His conviction was overturned by a federal judge — in 2014. Since 1973, more than 165 people wrongfully sentenced to death have been exonerated. Over half have been black according to the DPIC. Brown says the recent killings of black teens like Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown, Tamir Rice indicate that 75 years later the criminal justice system is still not addressing the concerns of minorities.
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1959 comments
GordonandTeresa D.
09/02/2020 09:23This is why black lives matter!!!!
Omaree E.
08/25/2020 15:32What comes around goes around!! every dog has their day like my 👵 use to say!
Asanda S.
08/16/2020 16:09Horrible Horrible Horrible!!! Does he have living relatives?? Were they compensated??
Derek L.
08/05/2020 20:53I hate this whole situation. Wish I had a time machine... To save his Life.
Ken L.
08/04/2020 13:15Terrible injustice but nothing changed
Albert M.
08/04/2020 00:311944. It was a tragedy. Please move forward it’s 2020. It will be 2050 and you race baiters will still be posting.
Abosede O.
08/04/2020 00:03I'll
Freddie M.
08/03/2020 20:22💖
Sarah K.
08/03/2020 10:21krasssss
Tammy W.
08/03/2020 02:13This is so sad
Jàngo B.
08/02/2020 06:44Plus that lil boy was a sacrifice
Jàngo B.
08/02/2020 06:43Dawg wdf is bringing up all da from d past for it done gone alluh is yalk like alluh going n do sum
Collione K.
08/02/2020 04:24These people are savages everything in there past and present is questionable they fight to hide lies play dumb when it comes to race but yet everything thing about them is based on race rather black, Asian, Mexican ect wake up we are dealing with a great evil 😈 like no other.
Ackson E.
08/01/2020 22:54Did they literally tell a 14year old that he's sentenced to death???? No no no!!!!!
Teresa-bernadette M.
07/31/2020 20:24Nothing's changed
Daniel A.
07/30/2020 19:23evil people burning in hell
Pecolia H.
07/30/2020 02:27Why do you think we are having so much trouble to day in this Whole World Of Our GOD Jesus Christ He is tired of all the killing black and white it's his time a lot of people are going to Die before this is over he has been sending us small amount of warning but we're still not listening people wake up we are not in charge GOD is if we can remember that maybe things will get back to normal but who is listening
Juan A.
07/29/2020 21:34They still executing people...at time on a monthly basis.....nobody say if it was guilty or innocent...** info on the news are always printed in small letters...Only in America...corrupts get pardon on a daily basis...
Juan A.
07/29/2020 21:28I have read the whole story, more than once....and I say no black should sing the national anthem....it is not the "" home of the Free""...
Shaun M.
07/29/2020 07:07America's meant to be the land of the free meant to be everything is done properly will America you should take a step back and have a look at your just this system because you're putting a lot of innocent people to death..... This is comming from England. God bless you all