Heartbreaking Story of George Stinney Jr

"Let those who want execution know, execution is a product of fascism and racism. If execution comes, they will hang you first,"

 GEORGE STİNNEY: 

He was Crying as he went to the electric chair, voices were coming from his stomach, he pried to himself once in a while ... we stopped the power, we gave electricity after 15 minutes .... god knows or hates me.

 George Stinney Jr., of African descent, was the youngest person sentenced to death in the United States in the 20th century. Of course being black had a big part in that.

George was born on 21 October,1929. He was son of George Stinney Sr and Aime. He had two brothers and two sisters. His father worked in a company and the family resided in company housing. 

 He was just 14 years old when he was executed in the electric chair.

 During his trial, even on the day of his execution, he always carried a Bible, claiming to be innocent.

Crime

 Charged with the murder of two white girls, 11-year-old Betty and 7-year-old Mary, the bodies were found in a ditch near the teen's parents' home. Stinney's father also helped people in search of bodies. The girls had been beaten by metal. Mary and Betty were searching for flowers near Stinney house. They talked with George Stinney Jr and his sister, if they knew where to find flowers.

Stinney and his brother Johnny were arrested on suspicion of murdering. Police released Johnny but Stinney was held. He was not allowed to meet with anyone from his family. The investigation officer said "I captured a 14 years old boy by the name of George Stinney jr. He made a confession and told me where to find assanation tool which is piece of iron. He said he put it in a ditch about six feet from the bicycle." There is no confession statement signed by Stinney is known to exist.

Trial

At that time, all jurors were white. The trial lasted only 2 hours, and his sentence was dictated after 10 minutes.

The boy's parents were warned, prevented from being in the courtroom, and then expelled from that city.

Before George was executed, he spent 81 days in solitary confinement without seeing his parents.

He was kept in a special cell 80 miles from his city. Without the presence of his parents or lawyers, the 14-year-old black teenager was trying to stand alone.

 At 5,380 volts in his head, the death row guard named Smith did not add wet sponges to the 14-year-old George's head. George was burnt dry, this time they added a wet sponge to his head to re-energize George's half-alive body .... and 14-year-old George's life of suffering, abuse and torment ended right there.

70 years later, his innocence was finally proven by a judge in South Carolina. The boy was innocent, someone wanted to execute him because he was black.