The Charleston Post and Courier of South Carolina reports, "69-year-old death penalty case against George Stinney set for Jan. 21." It's by Robert Behre. It's among the most detailed news articles on the case.
On Jan. 21, a circuit judge is scheduled to hold a hearing in Sumter County's new judicial center to decide if a 1944 death penalty conviction against George Stinney, a 14-year-old Clarendon County youth, should stand.
Both the lawyer seeking to open the case and the 3rd Circuit solicitor said they simply want to present the facts and let the judge decide if Stinney - the youngest American executed in a century - received a fair trial or was railroaded by a community understandably shaken by the violent killing of two young girls.
The case has more than its share of oddities and racial overtones. Stinney was black, and the victims were white. His defense attorney called no witnesses and never appealed. Stinney was strapped in the electric chair 83 days after the guilty verdict.
Earlier coverage of George Stinney's case begins at the link. Related posts are in the juvenile and race category indexes.
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