14 Year Old Black Boy Executed The family of 14 year old george stinney executed for murder in 1944 says he s innocent.

14 year old black boy executed. October 21 1929 june 16 1944 was an african american child who was convicted in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial of apparently murdering two white girls betty june binnicker and mary emma thames ages 7 and 11 in his hometown of alcolu south carolina he was executed by electric chair in june 1944. The two way in her ruling circuit judge carmen mullen wrote that she found that fundamental constitutional violations of due. George stinney jr was executed in 1944 for the murder of two white girls. Condemned to death harrowing story of the innocent 14 year old black boy executed by electric chair after being convicted of murder in ten minutes by all white jury. Judge says 1944 execution of 14 year old boy was wrong. Black 14 year old boy exonerated 70 years after he was executed 1 3 george stinney jr a black teenager executed in 1944 for the murder of two white girls has been exonerated for not having. Calling it a great and fundamental injustice a south carolina judge on wednesday vacated the 1944 murder conviction of 14 year old george j. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him. It took 10 minutes to convict 14 year old george stinney jr.