George Stinney Jr. was just 14, a kid fond of art and airplanes with his whole life ahead of him, when men led him from his home and made him confess to crushing two girls’ skulls with a 15-inch piece ...

Stinney was interrogated without his parents or a lawyer, and his court-appointed attorney called no witnesses. Nearly 70 years later, a judge vacated the conviction, citing a fundamental deprivation ...

George Stinney was fourteen years old when he was arrested for the murder of Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames in Alcolu, South Carolina. He is one of the youngest Americans sentenced to death ...

George Stinney Jr., of Alcolu, is one of 20 Black teenagers South Carolina has executed. He was electrocuted in 1944 at age 14. A judge overturned his conviction 70 years later. Provided photo George ...