Goethe Stinney Jr...The youngest person to ever be electrocuted in this United States in the 20th Century. He was 14yrs old and he was black. Goerge Stinney was accused of killing two white girls in South Carolina.This black child was the only black face in that courtroom and there was not one witness called and to top it all off there was NO! cross-examination.To make matters worse, the real killer was paid off. This case was handled badly and this child never got a fair trial but Goerge has finally got his day in court 70 years after his execution for the death of those two white girls that were each beaten to death by an iron bar used in the murder if which this black child did not commit. Sumter,S.C.-Lawyers finally got the chance to argue on behalf of Goerge Stinneys behalf.After a two day hearing concluded Jan.22. Judge Cameron Mullen gave both sides at least 10 more days to consult witnesses and make more arguments.This hearing gave Goerge Stinney something he was denied in 1944-HIS DAY IN COURT.At this Hearing Goerges two younger sisters and brother testified on behalf of their brothers character and how they remembered their brother that loved to draw and who loved to walk the families cow to the railroad tracks.They described the fear they felt when the cops came and took both their brother away along with describing the cops uniforms and how they looked when they put their brothers in the police car.Goerge confessed to the murders so that the cops would let his brother Johnny go.The family never saw Goerge again until his funeral. Even though Goerge was badly burned up from the electric chair, he was put into an open casket. A solicitor named Ernest Chip Finney III called his own witnesses, including a storekeepers son who was 10 at the time and remembered seeing investigators take clothes from young Stinneys home. Frankie Duchess, the niece of 11-year-old Betty Binnicker who was killed, also testified that they tried to put the case behind them for decades but it kept coming up.They finally decided to go public when people started accusing them of paying off the real killer, Ms.Duchess said. He confessed. He was tried and found guilty by the laws of 1944,which were completely different now.I think it needs to be left as it is, Ms.Dyches said.Because this case was so badly handled, it was never really closed.What happened to all of the so called evidence? Where did it all go? The bloody clothes, The iron bar,The letter,notes from the prosecutor. The state, as an entity, has very unclean hands,argues by attorney Miller Shealy. This is another mark on the states history of race relations.South Carolina executed 289 people in the 20th century, and 82% of them were black,according to the Death Penalty Information Center. Prosecutor Finney, arguing against Goerge Stinney, is the son of South Carolinas first Black Chief Justice, and this time the courtroom was filled with Stinney relatives and other supporters.There was some comfort for them when the hearing was over that his story was finally heard.His supporters have applied for a pardon.Second cousin Irene said Im glad he got his day in court , but what good can it do him now? We cant bring him back, but we can restore his name......One thing that EVERYONE on the face of this earth must learn and must realize and know ,That NO matter who you are or what color you are or how old you are or wherever you are.......Your sins will NEVER be layed to rest , NOR be UNNOTICED, or LAYED to rest in the eyes of GOD. Even in death will justice PREVAIL. These are the laws of God and the UNIVERSE.
Posted on: Thu, 06 Mar 2014 15:24:52 +0000
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