Via Jeffery
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Wow! This story is
still up, and the facts are still not being told. 24 March 1944: Betty
June Binnicke, age 11, and Mary Emma Thames, age 7 of Alcolu, South
Carolina, asked George Stinney and his
sister Katherine where they might find some "maypops" an edible
passionflower that grew wild. That was the last time they were seen
alive. A search involving the entire town of mill workers ensued. The
girls bodies were found in a muddy brook near the railroad tracks. They
both had severe mortal injuries; openly fractured skulls.
George
Stinney's OWN GRANDMOTHER turned him in to the police. He confessed to
killing both girls and led detectives to the crime scene, he also
uncovered the murder weapon, a railroad spike, that he had.
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A 14-year-old black boy executed
nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, and his
lawyers plan to argue Tuesday for a new trial, saying his conviction was
tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence.
George Stinney
was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The
trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu,
separated, as most were in those days, by race.
C'mon, he can't be guilty because racism!
ReplyDeleteI liked Grump's comment from the article:
'"Nearly all the evidence, including a confession that was central to the case against Stinney, has disappeared, along with the transcript of the trial. Lawyers working on behalf of Stinney's family have gathered new evidence, including sworn statements from his relatives accounting for his whereabouts the day the girls were killed and from a pathologist disputing the autopsy findings."
So basically we're making stuff up now 70 years after the fact? Wanna' bet the conviction is overturned and the family gets some insanely huge payout from the state?'
So basically we're making stuff up now 70 years after the fact?
DeleteYup, guess he and his grandmother were lying...........
Who pays lawyers when teh client has been dead for 70 years? Is this another SPLC or ACLU shenanigan to give lawyers something to do when it's too cold outside to play golf? Who could benefit from "clearing his name"? He had no children. His parents are both dead.
ReplyDelete--Hale
--Hale
Is this another SPLC or ACLU shenanigan
DeleteAwww, the $PLC is guiltless, doncha' know........? :)
At this point, WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE!!
ReplyDeleteHilary
My son, he be like dat.
Obama
Perfect! :)
DeleteHe din do nuthin. Was just getting ready to turn his life around.
ReplyDeleteYup, died fighting racism..........:)
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