George Stinney
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George Junius Stinney Jr. was an African American boy who was wrongfully executed at the age of 14 after being convicted, during an unfair trial, for the murders of two white girls – 11-year-old Betty
Stinney's 1944 mugshot
George Stinney (second from right) being led to the execution chamber
Olin D. Johnston
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Olin DeWitt Talmadge Johnston was an American politician from the US state of South Carolina. He served as the 98th governor of South Carolina, from 1935 to 1939 and again from 1943 to 1945. He repres
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, after Governor Olin D. Johnston refused to grant him clemency. A re-examination of Stinney's case began in 2004, and several individuals and the Northeastern University School of Law…
Olin D. Johnston, seated portrait
Johnston as governor.