09/24/2026
Day 12 Posting on Dark History
He was only 14 years old when the state sent him to the electric chair.
In 1944, two young white girls were found murdered in Alcolu, South Carolina.
Police arrested George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old Black boy.
Authorities claimed George confessed—but no written confession was ever produced.
His trial lasted only hours. His court-appointed lawyer presented virtually no defense, and an all-white jury took just 10 minutes to find him guilty.
No appeal was filed.
On June 16, 1944, George Stinney Jr. was executed by electric chair—becoming the youngest person executed in America in the 20th century.
But seventy years later, a judge vacated his conviction, ruling that his constitutional right to due process had been violated.
George was already gone.
Justice came seventy years too late.
