George Stinney Jr. : Youngest American Ever To Be Executed

George Stinney Jr. : Youngest American Ever To Be Executed George Stinney Jr. was an African American boy who was just 14 years old when he was convicted of murdering two young girls. George was then put to death via the electric chair and became the youngest American to be sentenced to death and executed in the 20th century. But there was a catch. George Stinney Jr. didn&kill those two girls and 70 years later he was exonerated. Unfortunately, it was 70 years too late. George Stinney Jr. was born on October 21st, 1929, to parents George Stinney Sr. and mother Aime. He had 4 siblings, John who was 3 years older than George Jr. (who I will be referring to as George for the remainder of the video), Charles who was 2 years younger, Katherine who was 4 years younger, and Aime who was 7 years younger. The Stinneys lived in Alcolu, South Carolina. George Sr. worked at the local sawmill and the family lived in company housing. As was typical of small Southern towns back then, Alcolu white and black residents were segregated. Different schools, different churches, and the neighbourhoods were separated by railroad tracks that ran through. In 1944, George was 14 years old. It was this same year that Betty June Binnicker and Mary Emma Thames were found dead.