He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old --- and the youngest person executed in the United States

He was 14 yrs. 6mos. and 5 days old --- and the youngest person executed in the United States

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George Junius Stinney, Jr., [b. 1929 - d. 1944] In a South Carolina prison sixty-six years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 5' 1" and 95 pounds, the straps didn’t fit, and an electrode was too big for his leg. The switch was pulled