George Junius Stinney Jr.

Cases

• Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
  Named suspectAcquitted

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. March 24, 1944

   George Stinney Jr. arrested as primary suspect without a parent or guardian present during interrogation

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
2. April 1, 1944

   Single-day trial ends in conviction; all-white jury deliberates ten minutes before sentencing Stinney to death

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
3. June 16, 1944

   George Stinney Jr. executed by electric chair at age 14 — the youngest person put to death in the U.S. in the 20th century

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
4. December 1, 2014

   Circuit Court Judge Carmen Mullen vacates Stinney's murder conviction on due process grounds

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.