George Stinney

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December 17, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - On June 16, 1944, 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr. became the youngest person executed in the United States…
March 4, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - Later this month will officially mark 70 years since George Stinney Jr. was first accused of murdering…
January 22, 2014
SUMTER, S.C. (AP) — The decision on whether to give a new trial to a 14-year-old boy executed in 1944…
January 22, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A child psychiatrist said it was her professional opinion that George Stinney Jr.'s alleged confession was "coerced,…
January 21, 2014
theGRIO REPORT - A hearing to determine whether or not an executed teen deserves a new trial ended without a…
January 21, 2014
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — A 14-year-old boy executed by South Carolina nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day…
December 27, 2013
COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) — Leaving a judge to decide whether to throw out the conviction of a 14-year-old boy executed…
December 16, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - A hearing date has reportedly been set in the push to 'reopen' the case of the youngest…
December 5, 2013
theGRIO VIDEO - Wilford 'Johnny' Hunter tells theGrio.com's Todd Johnson he was serving time for car theft in a South…
November 29, 2013
VIDEO - The events leading to the execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., began in the tiny mill town of…
November 12, 2013
theGRIO REPORT - On June 16, 1944, 14-year-old George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person executed in the 20th century...
November 11, 2013
COLUMBIA, South Carolina (AP) — George Stinney has been dead since 1944, when as a 14-year-old black boy he became…
October 4, 2011
Charles Stinney, speaks about his brother who at 14, was the youngest person executed in the 20th century.
October 4, 2011
SLIDESHOW - George Stinney's life ended at the age of 14. The young boy was convicted of killing two white…