George Stinney Jr.

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Charge:	Murder
Sentence:	Death
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Year Crime:	1944
Year Convicted:	1944
Year Cleared:	2014
U.S. State or Country of Crime:	South Carolina
County or Region of Crime:	Clarendon
City of Crime:	Alcolu
Result:	Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution
Summary of Case:	"George Stinney Jr. was 14 when he was wrongly convicted of murdering two white girls in Alcolu, South Carolina. Stinney's prosecution was based on his confession that he recanted, and which was obtained without a parent or guardian present. During Stinney's trial his lawyer did not cross-examine prosecution witnesses, and an all-white jury convicted him after deliberating for 10 minutes. Two hours elapsed from the beginning of jury selection to the jury's guilty verdict. Stinney was sentenced to death, and executed three months after the murders. Stinney was the youngest person lawfully executed in the 20th century. On December 17, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullins vacated George Stinney murder conviction on the basis he had been denied due process and received ineffective assistance of counsel during his trial."
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Innocence Proved By:	"On December 17, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullins vacated George Stinney murder conviction on the basis he had been denied due process during his trial."
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Sex:	Male
Skin/Ethnicity:	Black
Information Source 1:	"SC judge: 1944 conviction of black teen overturned, By The Associated Press, The State, December 17, 2014"
Information Location 1:	http://www.thestate.com/2014/12/17/3878921/sc-judge-1944-conviction-of-black.html?sp=/99/132/
Information Source 2:	"Seventy years later, South Carolina judge exonerates 14-year-old black boy who was executed: There was no physical evidence, no witnesses and no appeal, By Deborah Hastings (Staff writer), New York Daily News, December 17, 2014"
Information Location 2:	http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-boy-executed-s-conviction-overturned-article-1.2048611
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George Stinney Jr.

Charge:

Murder

Sentence:

Death

Years Imprisoned:

Year Crime:

1944

Year Convicted:

1944

Year Cleared:

2014

U.S. State or Country of Crime:

South Carolina

County or Region of Crime:

Clarendon

City of Crime:

Alcolu

Result:

Judicially Exonerated Posthumously after Execution

Summary of Case:

Conviction Caused By:

Innocence Proved By:

"On December 17, 2014 Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullins vacated George Stinney murder conviction on the basis he had been denied due process during his trial."

Defendant Aided By:

Compensation Awarded:

Was Perpetrator Identified?

Age When Imprisoned:

Age When Released:

Sex:

Male

Skin/Ethnicity:

Black

Information Source 1:

"SC judge: 1944 conviction of black teen overturned, By The Associated Press, The State, December 17, 2014"

Information Location 1:

http://www.thestate.com/2014/12/17/3878921/sc-judge-1944-conviction-of-black.html?sp=/99/132/

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"Seventy years later, South Carolina judge exonerates 14-year-old black boy who was executed: There was no physical evidence, no witnesses and no appeal, By Deborah Hastings (Staff writer), New York Daily News, December 17, 2014"

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http://www.nydailynews.com/news/national/black-boy-executed-s-conviction-overturned-article-1.2048611

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