Demand that the government of the state of South Carolina, and our elected officials in the US government (including our President) correct this historic injustice by exonerating the name of George Stinney Jr.
Why is this important?
1944 in the Columbia, South Carolina a 14 year old African American boy named George Stinney Jr. was executed (via electrocution) for a crime that he did not commit. Accursed of murdering two white girls, his trial from jury selection to sentencing only lasted one day. During that trial no evidence was presented, and the attorney that was assigned to be his public defender was a tax attorney, who never tried a case, never called a witness, (not even George) and never cross examined any of the prosecutions witness. And it should not be a surprise to know that all of the trial records have been lost. After his family was run out of town, he was sentence to die, leaving no one to fight for this young boys life. He was used as a patsy by local and state officials to cover for the person that actually committed the crime and for political gain. George was the youngest ever to be executed in the 20th century and this execution was a blatant violation of his civil rights. A violation that South Carolina is still covering up today, some 68 years later.
