George Stinney

George Stinney Jr. (October 21, 1929 – June 16, 1944), was an African American boy, who at the age of 14 was convicted, in a proceeding later vacated as an unfair trial, and executed, for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 — Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7 — in his hometown of Alcolu, South Carolina. He was convicted, sentenced to death, and executed by electric chair in June 1944, thus becoming the youngest American with an exact birth date confirmed to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century.3

A Normal kid Who was Convicted of killing 2 woman, and he was the first ever inmate to be the youngest person to get the electric chair. Born
George Stinney Jr.
October 21, 1929
Pinewood, South Carolina, U.S.
Died
June 16, 1944 (aged 14)
South Carolina Penitentiary, Columbia, South Carolina, U.S.
Cause of death
Execution by electrocution
Resting place
Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery, Paxville, South Carolina, U.S.
Monuments
Headstone memorial in Alcolu1
Three memorial crosses dedicated to Stinney and other two victims where the bodies were found2
Known for
Being wrongfully executed
Criminal status
Executed (June 16, 1944; 78 years ago)
Conviction vacated
(December 16, 2014)

Conviction(s)
Murder (posthumously vacated)
Criminal penalty
Death
Date apprehended
March 23, 1944

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