The 14-Year-Old Black American Sentenced to Death for Murder
Did George Stinney Jr deserve to be electrocuted for the murders?
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5 min readSep 26, 2020
In March 1944, George Stinney Jrβs life changed forever. While playing with his younger sister in their back yard, police arrived at their home and handcuffed George and his older brother, John. They were suspects in the brutal murder of two white girls.