Racism and Lynching is included in full in this book of Short Stories. Includes the story of George Stinney and some 4,000 more lynching victims.

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George Junius Stinney, Jr.  was an African American youth who was executed by electric chair in June of 1944  in South Carolina for the murder of Betty June Binnicker, age 11, as well as Mary Emma Thames, age 8. The arrest occurred on March 23, 1944 in Alcolu, inside of Clarendon County, South Carolina.  Allegedly, the two girls rode their bikes past Stinney’s parents house where they asked him and his sister about a certain type of flower; after this encounter, the girls went missing and were found dead in a ditch the following morning.

After an hour of interrogation by the officers, a deputy stated that Stinney confessed to the murder. The confession explained that Stinney wanted to have intercourse with Betty, so he wanted to kill Mary to get Betty alone; however, both girls fought back and that is when he killed both of them. This case still remains a very controversial one due to severe shortcomings, transparently racially motivated lynch mentality, driving the judicial process.

The youngest person to be executed in the 20th century was Joe Persons, a black boy executed in Georgia in 1915 at the age of 14 for the rape of an 8 year old white girl that he committed when he was only 13. His rape is described as being so heinous that his own father called for his execution.  George Stinney became the 2nd youngest to be fried by big White Christians  until his eyeballs exploded and his teeth smoked.  More than 70 years later a judge threw out the conviction, calling it a “great injustice. Although, at that time, 1944, Blacks in the South were not long past the slave level as American citizens.

After Stephen Kings book and movie – The Green Mile –  in 1999, re-examination of the Stinney case began in 2004.  Several individuals and Northeastern University School of Law sought a judicial review.  His conviction was overturned in 2014, 70 years after he was executed when a court ruled that he had not received a fair trial.

The facts are, two young white girls, 11-year-old Betty June Binnicker and 7-year-old Mary Emma Thames, were found dead in the company mill town of Alcolu, South Carolina, in March 1944, after they had failed to return home the night before.
The bodies were found near the house where the teenager lived with his parents. Police arrested 14-year-old George Stinney as a suspect along with his older brother. They stated that he had confessed to the crime while under custody. There was a written record of his confession in the form of notes provided by an investigating deputy. Which could have been the work of the Governers sister in laws third cousin for all the validity it conferred.

No transcript was recorded of the brief trial. Stinney was convicted of first-degree murder of the two girls in less than 10 minutes by an all-white jury, during a two hour trial. The court refused to hear his appeal. He was executed that year, still age 14, by electric chair.

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