The All-White Jury
On the 16th June 1944, the state of South Carolina, USA, executed George Stinney.
George Stinney was 14 years, 6 months, and 5 days old.
Stinney, who was black, was convicted of murdering two white girls, aged 8 and 11.
The trial lasted for three hours and the all-white jury deliberated for 10 minutes before sentencing him to death in the electric chair.

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