Tag: wrongful execution

• 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

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• George Kelly, falsely convicted and quickly hanged.

  For most crime buffs the name ‘George Kelly’ inspires memories of rattling Tommy guns, bank robberies and the kidnapping of Charles Urschel, all attributed to American crook George ‘Machine Gun’ Kelly. Kelly, a second-rate gangster at best, was made out to be far worse than he actually was, spending the remainder of his life in…

  CrimeScribe

  March 28, 2018

  Press And Politics, True Crime, Uncategorized

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