IndustryStandard@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agoInnocent African-American child George Stinney executed after being falsely accused of murdering two white girls | 1944lemmy.worldexternal-linkmessage-square73fedilinkarrow-up1373arrow-down117file-text
arrow-up1356arrow-down1external-linkInnocent African-American child George Stinney executed after being falsely accused of murdering two white girls | 1944lemmy.worldIndustryStandard@lemmy.world to History@lemmy.worldEnglish · 3 days agomessage-square73fedilinkfile-text
minus-squaretetris11@feddit.uklinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up63·3 days agohttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney He was tried, convicted, and sentenced to death on a single day in April 1944 and then executed by electric chair on June 16, 1944, His grade school teacher then lied on TV 50 years later saying he witnessed the murder for money.
minus-squarewildbus8979@sh.itjust.workslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up13·2 days ago He was prepared for execution by electric chair, using a bible as a booster seat because Stinney was too small for the chair.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney
His grade school teacher then lied on TV 50 years later saying he witnessed the murder for money.
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