George Junius Stinney Jr.

Cases

• Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
  Named suspectAcquitted

Timeline

Events across every case involving this person

1. December 1, 1929

   George Stinney Jr. born

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

   George Stinney Jr. identified as primary suspect

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
3. March 1, 1944

   George Stinney Jr. arrested and coerced into confession

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
4. March 24, 1944

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

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
5. 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.
6. April 1, 1944

   George Stinney Jr. trial begins in Columbia, South Carolina

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

   George Stinney Jr. convicted of murder after ten-minute jury deliberation

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

   George Stinney Jr. sentenced to death

   Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
9. 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.
10. June 16, 1944

    George Stinney Jr. executed by electric chair

    Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.
11. January 1, 2009

    Family affidavits emerge supporting innocence claim in exoneration efforts

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

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

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

    Judge Carmen Mullen vacates George Stinney Jr.'s murder conviction

    Wrongful Execution of George Stinney Jr.