Black 14 Year Old Executed In 1944 george stinney was convicted of murdering two white girls in alcolu south carolina.

Black 14 year old executed Danny was tried a month later and executed a few weeks later.

Black 14 year old executed. It took 70 years after his execution to exonerate him. Ap photo south carolina department of archives and history file 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. 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. George stinney jr was executed in 1944 for the murder of two white girls.

Calling it a great and fundamental injustice a south carolina judge on wednesday vacated the 1944 murder conviction of 14 year old george j.