14 Year Old Black Boy Executed In South Carolina And his sister were playing in their yard when they were approached by two young white girls who were looking for flowers.

14 year old black boy executed in south carolina. More than 70 years after south carolina sent a 14 year old black boy to the electric chair in the killings of two white girls in a segregated mill town a judge threw out the conviction saying. Three months earlier george stinney jr. Alcolu clarendon county on june 16 1944 at 7 30 p m the state of south carolina executed a 14 year old boy by electric chair. George stinney jr s mugshot in 1944. Legal justice was a long time coming in the case of george stinney a 14 year old black boy in rural south carolina who became the youngest person executed in modern times when he was electrocuted. 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. An african american boy george stinney jr who was executed at age 14 in the killing of two young white girls has been exonerated in south carolina 70 years after he became the youngest person. George junius stinney jr. On june 16 1944 a black 14 year old boy was executed in the electric chair in south carolina.