In 1944, George Stinney Jr. became the youngest person ever executed in South Carolina at age 14. He was accused of bludgeoning two white girls to death and convicted by an all-white jury in a ...

But the memorial in Washington fails to distinguish ... the national outcry over the scheduled electrocution of George Junius Stinney Jr., a frail 14-year-old Black youth and the youngest American ...

“If you believe that the government always ‘gets it right,’ never makes serious mistakes, and is never tainted with corruption, then you can be comfortable supporting the death penalty ...

The death penalty carries the inherent risk of executing an innocent person. Since 1973, at least 200 people who were wrongly convicted and sentenced to death in the U.S. have been exonerated. For ...

George Stinney was fourteen years old when he was ... He is one of the youngest Americans sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century. That was 1944. In 2025, George would have legal ...

The evocative work navigates the 1944 execution of George Stinney Jr., a Black boy who was wrongfully accused of the rape and murder of two white girls in South Carolina. At just 14 years of age ...

NEW YORK - One of the Yankees' top prospects, infielder George Lombard Jr. is being promoted to Class AA Somerset, as first reported by ESPN's Jeff Passan. The son of ex-MLB outfielder George ...

George E. Thompson Jr., 84, of Bellwood, passed away Friday at his residence. He was born in Altoona, son of the late George Sr. and Martha (Nearhoof) Thompson. He married Pat Fonner, who preceded ...

YOUNGSTOWN — George Pincham Jr., 67, departed this life Saturday ... He was preceded in death by his parents. Funeral services will be at noon Friday, May 9, 2025, with calling hours 11 a.m ...

One of the first live operas ever filmed, this evocative work, composed by Frances Pollock with libretto by Tia Price, navigates the 1944 execution of George Stinney Jr., who was wrongfully ...