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never doubted his guilt. Binnicker's niece claimed she and her family have extensively researched the case, and argues that "people who read these articles in the newspaper don't know the truth." She alleges that, in the early 1990s, a police officer who had arrested Stinney had contacted her and said, "Don't you ever believe that boy didn't kill your aunt." These family members contend that the claims of a deathbed confession from an individual confessing to the girls' murders have never been substantiated. Commenting on the public opinion regarding Stinney's case, she said that the case has always been "one-sided" and that Stinney has been incorrectly portrayed as a "poor pitiful little black boy". At the same time, another niece of Binnicker, while remaining convinced of Stinney's guilt, agreed that Stinney did not receive a fair trial and that he should not have received the death penalty, adding that she felt bad for Stinney and his family and that she hoped they eventually would find peace. A childhood acquaintance of Binnicker also stated, "I'm sorry that they electrocuted him. I wish they had just sent him to prison."
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incorrect since in the little-known 1915 case of Joe Persons in Georgia, a black boy was executed for the rape of an 8-year-old white girl when he was aged between 12 and 15; an official state execution registry states that Persons was 14 but a mercy petition stated he was 13, a newspaper in Philadelphia that Persons' age was 13, a Kentucky newspaper that he was "no older than 14", and a 1986 Los Angeles Times article that various 1915 newspaper accounts listed Persons' age as between 12 and 15, with his weight of 65 pounds indicating he was more likely closer to the former age. Sources from 1915 claim there was absolutely no doubt about Persons' guilt; the state execution registry claims that Persons' crime was so bad that Persons' own father supported his execution and the Kentucky newspaper claimed that Persons had admitted to his crime and was ready to die.
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Stinney's mother had worked for the Burke family for a brief period. Stinney's sister recalled that her mother had once come home saying that Burke Sr. had made advances to her, and their father had told their mother to no longer go back. Stinney's sister claimed to have heard that the Burke boys had framed Stinney because " mother didn't want to give it up." Burke Sr. conducted an initial search for the girls and was the owner of the territory behind Greenhill Baptist Church where the girls' bodies were found. He was also the foreman of the grand jury that indicted Stinney, and has been accused of helping steer the blame off of his son and onto Stinney. Two elderly women in Alcolu recalled that Burke Jr. was known as a womanizer and for committing theft and getting away with it.
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the chair and placed it over George's mouth, causing him to break into tears, and he then placed the face mask over his face, which did not fit him, as he continued sobbing. When the lethal electricity was applied, the mask covering slipped off, revealing tears streaming down Stinney's face. This perception was later contested by Terri Evans, the niece of Mary Emma Thames' mother, Lula Mae. Terri's uncle, Clyde Barnes, witnessed the execution. Barnes told Evans' father what he saw during the execution, which was then relayed to her years later. Her father stated that Barnes "said it was just a rumor that the hood had slipped and they did not put a stack of books under him." Stinney was buried in an unmarked grave at the Calvary Baptist Church Cemetery in
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knife. I took him outside and we went for a little walk, and I talked to him. We went back into the school, in a submissive way, he begged for the child's pardon." Stinney's sister, Aimé Ruffner, denied those allegations and contacted Hamilton after it was published. Aimé stated, "I asked him why he would say something like that," she said. "He told me someone paid him to say it. I don't know who paid him but his exact words were, 'because they paid me.'" Hamilton died shortly after his interview was published.
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day of the girls' murders. In 2017, Wayne Burke denied saying this and said he remained convinced of Stinney's guilt. Stinney's sister had previously recalled that after the two girls had asked about maypop flowers, a lumber truck drove down the road. Lawyers for the Stinney family have stated that there had been rumors of a deathbed confession to the murders by a member of a prominent white family, however, this has never been proven.
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with a weapon, variously reported as a piece of blunt metal or a railroad spike. Binnicker and Thames both suffered severe blunt force trauma, resulting in penetration of both girls' skulls. According to a report by the medical examiner, these wounds had been "inflicted by a blunt instrument with a round head, about the size of a hammer." The medical examiner reported no evidence of
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can get the witnesses we need to come forward, we will be successful in court. We hopefully have a witness that's going to say — that's non-family, non-relative witness — who is going to be able to tie all this in and say that they were basically an alibi witness. They were there with Mr. Stinney and this did not occur.
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about George. Hamilton stated, "I remember the day he killed those children, he got into a fight with a girl at school who was his neighbor. In those days you didn't have to worry about children carrying guns and knives to school, but George carried a little knife and he scratched this child with his
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While Stinney's family and civil rights advocates celebrated the overturning of Stinney's conviction, relatives of both Betty Binnicker and Mary Thames expressed disappointment at the court's ruling. They said that although they acknowledge Stinney's execution at the age of 14 is controversial, they
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An execution of a child as young as 14 was virtually unheard of in United States history, even for black children in the Jim Crow South who were convicted of murdering or raping white victims; many sources say that Stinney was the youngest person executed in the US in the 20th century. This might be
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Following Stinney's arrest, his father was fired from his job at the local sawmill and the Stinney family had to immediately vacate their company housing. The family feared for their safety. Stinney's parents did not see him again before the trial. He had no support during his 81-day confinement and
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George and his older brother John were arrested on suspicion of murdering the girls. John was released by police, but George was held in custody. He was not allowed to see his parents until after his trial and conviction. According to a handwritten statement, his arresting officer was H.S. Newman, a
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On March 23, 1944, the bodies of Betty June Binnicker (b. December 9, 1932) and Mary Emma Thames (b. March 14, 1937) were found in a ditch on the African-American side of Alcolu after the girls failed to return home the night before. Stinney's father assisted in the search. The girls had been beaten
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Sonya Eaddy-Williamson, a white Alcolu resident who grew close to Stinney's sisters, investigated the case. According to her, George Burke Jr.'s son, Wayne Burke, told her that his grandmother had told him that his father had picked the girls up in his lumber truck by his grandmother's house on the
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as a booster seat because Stinney was too small for the chair. He was then restrained by his arms, legs, and body to the chair. An officer asked George if he had any last words to say before the execution took place, but he only shook his head and said "No, sir." The executioner pulled a strap from
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was written in 2015 by Frances Pollock, who had just earned her master's degree at the Peabody Institute. It was performed to a full house at 2640 Space in Baltimore, Maryland the same year. Several cousins of George Stinney from Baltimore and other parts of Maryland attended the opening night. In
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Since Stinney's exoneration, George Washington Burke Jr. (1917–1947) the son of a wealthy white businessman, George Burke Sr., has been the subject of speculation as a possible suspect for the murders. George Burke Jr. died two to three years after the murders of the two girls, in 1947, at age 29.
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was introduced from the "Reverend Francis Batson, who found the girls and pulled them from the water-filled ditch. In his statement he recalls there was not much blood in or around the ditch, suggesting that they may have been killed elsewhere and moved." Wilford "Johnny" Hunter, who was in prison
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There is compelling evidence that George Stinney was innocent of the crimes for which he was executed in 1944. The prosecutor relied, almost exclusively, on one piece of evidence to obtain a conviction in this capital case: the unrecorded, unsigned "confession" of a 14-year-old who was deprived of
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If we can get the case re-opened, we can go to the judge and say, 'There wasn't any reason to convict this child. There was no evidence to present to the jury. There was no transcript. This case needs to be re-opened. This is an injustice that needs to be righted.' I'm pretty optimistic that if we
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In 2004, George Frierson, a local historian who grew up in Alcolu, started researching the case after reading a newspaper article about it. His work gained the attention of South Carolina lawyers Steve McKenzie and Matt Burgess. In addition, Ray Brown, attorney James Moon, and others contributed
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Other than the testimony of the three police officers, at trial prosecutors called three witnesses: Reverend Francis Batson, who discovered the bodies of the two girls, and the two doctors who performed the post-mortem examination. The court allowed discussion of the "possibility" of
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was loosely based on Stinney's story. Stinney may have been the archetype of John Coffey, an African-American who was wrongfully executed for the rape and murder of two white twin girls when the real killer was another character (also a death row inmate) in the
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was Charles Plowden, a tax commissioner campaigning for election to local office. Plowden did not challenge the three police officers who testified that Stinney confessed to the two murders, nor did he try to defend Stinney. He also did not challenge the
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Between the time of Stinney's arrest and his execution, his parents were allowed to see him once after the trial, when he was held in the Columbia penitentiary. Under the threat of lynching, they were not allowed to see him any other time.
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deputy, who stated, "I arrested a boy by the name of George Stinney. He then made a confession and told me where to find a piece of iron, about 15 inches where he said he put it in a ditch about six feet from the bicycle."
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introduced a bill named after Stinney, the George Stinney Fund, which would make the state of South Carolina pay $ 10 million to the families of the wrongfully executed if their conviction is posthumously overturned.
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The girls were last seen riding their bicycles looking for flowers. As they passed the Stinneys' property, they had asked Stinney and his sister, Aimé, if they knew where to find "maypops", a local name for
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Stinney's conviction. She ruled that he had not received a fair trial, as he was not effectively defended and his Sixth Amendment rights had been violated. The ruling was a rare use of the legal remedy of
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sought a judicial review. Stinney's murder conviction was vacated in 2014, seventy years after he was executed, with a South Carolina court ruling that he had not received a fair trial, and was thus
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with Stinney, "testified that the teenager told him he had been made to confess" and always maintained his innocence. The solicitor for the state of South Carolina, who argued for the state against
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countless hours of research and review of historical documents, and found witnesses and evidence to assist in exonerating Stinney. Among those who aided the case were the
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Frierson stated in interviews, "There has been a person that has been named as being the culprit, who is now deceased. And it was said by the family that there was a
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In 1944, George Stinney stood 5 feet 1 inch (154 cm), and weighed 90–95 pounds (40–43 kg). He lived in a small home with a chicken coop in his hometown of
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New evidence in the court hearing in January 2014 included testimony by Stinney's siblings that he was with them at the time of the murders. In addition, an
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on March 24, 1944, the sheriff announced the arrest of "George Junius" and stated that the boy had confessed and led officers to "a hidden piece of iron."
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as an unfair trial for the murders of two young white girls in March 1944 – Betty June Binnicker, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 8 – in his hometown of
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More than 1,000 white Americans crowded the courtroom, but no black Americans were allowed. As was typical at the time, Stinney was tried before an
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Triple Tragedy in Alcolu: The Execution of 14-year-old George Stinney, Jr., Accused of the Murders of Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames
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counsel and parental guidance, and whose defense lawyer shockingly failed to call exculpating witnesses or to preserve his right of appeal.
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McKenzie and Burgess, along with attorney Ray Chandler representing Stinney's family, filed a motion for a new trial on October 25, 2013.
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has a subplot where a friend of the main character is framed for murdering two white girls, similarly to the George Stinney case.
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sentenced Stinney to death by electrocution. There is no transcript of the trial and no appeal was filed by Stinney's counsel.
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The Child in the Electric Chair: The Execution of George Junius Stinney Jr. and the Making of a Tragedy in the American South
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In 1995, Stinney's seventh-grade teacher, W.L. Hamilton — a black man — spoke in an interview with
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Stinney was executed on Friday, June 16, 1944, at 7:30 a.m. He was prepared for execution by
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due to bruising on Binnicker's genitalia. Stinney's counsel did not call any witnesses, did not
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schools and churches for white and black residents, there was limited interaction between them.
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in June 1944, thus becoming the youngest American with an exact birth date confirmed to be both
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slated to direct. Ultimately directed by Andrew Paul Howell, the film was released in 2018.
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and therefore not present on the rolls of those available to serve on juries). After
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George Stinney's case has been frequently referred to in debate over the use of the
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that explicitly required representation through the course of criminal proceedings.
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lawyers first sought relief through the Pardon and Parole Board of South Carolina.
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to the younger girl, though the genitalia of the older girl were slightly bruised.
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A re-examination of Stinney's case began in 2004, and several individuals and the
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2022, Opera Grand Rapids in Grand Rapids Michigan produced the world premiere of
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boy who, at the age of 14, was convicted and then executed in a proceeding later
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for less than ten minutes, the jury found Stinney guilty of murder. Judge
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dedicated to Stinney and other two victims where the bodies were found
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guarantees legal counsel, this was not routinely observed until the
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2021 poem "Inaugural" makes reference to Stinney's execution.
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Rather than approving a new trial, on December 16, 2014,
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In February 2014, another movie about the Stinney case,
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jury, which had recommended that Stinney be prosecuted.
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The entire proceeding against George Stinney, including
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Too Young to Die: The Execution of George Stinney Jr.
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Index

Mary Emma Thames

Pinewood, South Carolina
South Carolina Penitentiary
Columbia, South Carolina
Execution by electrocution
Paxville
Alcolu
memorial crosses
wrongfully executed
Conviction vacated
Conviction(s)
Murder
Death
African American
vacated
Alcolu, South Carolina
electric chair
sentenced to death
Northeastern University School of Law
wrongfully executed
Alcolu, South Carolina
Southern
segregated
sexual assault
passionflowers
wire services
Clarendon County
Columbia
lynching

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