death-penalty

Judge: S.C. Erred in Convicting, Executing Black 14-Year-Old in 1944

Adam Weinstein · 12/17/14 04:10PM

George Stinney Jr., 14, pictured above, was the youngest person put to death in the United States in the 20th century. But a judge in South Carolina voided his conviction Wednesday, saying the youth didn't get a fair trial when he was convicted of killing two white girls in the Jim Crow South.