Exonerated, 70 years too late: Judge clears 14-year old boy executed for killing two white girls in 1944
Exonerated , 70 years too late: Judge clears 14-year old boy executed for killing two white girls in 1944 If he had lived, George Stinney Jr would be 84 today. Perhaps, enjoying the golden years of his life with a wife, children and grandchildren. Stolen life: George Stinney Jr (pictured) became the youngest person executed in the 20th century when he was electrocuted in 1944 for the deaths of two girls in Acolu, South Carolina. A judge on Wednesday overturned the ruling on the basis that Stinney's civil rights had been violated by the justice system Admission: Stinney confessed to killing 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker (pictured) and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames, after the 14-year-old was separated from his parents and interrogated by police. Judge Carmen Mullins says it's likely the confession was coerced Stinney is seen second from the right in this pictured published in a newspaper in 1944 , entering South Carolina's death house at a state prison in Columbi...