Tag: Governor Olin Johnston

• George Stinney, a stain on American justice.

  

  The case of George Junius Stinney could easily be described as a stain on American justice, or the lack thereof. Stinney was executed in South Carolina’s electric chair in 1944 aged only 14, the youngest American to face execution in the 20th century. His confession was probably coerced, his trial a travesty of justice and his…

  CrimeScribe

  April 8, 2021

  History, Press And Politics, True Crime

  Alcolu, all-white jury, Betty June Binnicker, Central Correctional Institution, Charles Plowden, Circuit court Judge Carmen Mullen, Columbia, death penalty, Death Row, death sentence, George Frierson, George Stinney, Governor Olin Johnston, Jim Crow, Jim Crow justice, Judge Stoll, juvenile, Mary Emma Thames, Olin Johnston, racism, racist, South Carolina, wrongful execution, wrongfully executed, wrongly convicted