It’s been 70 years since George Stinney Jr., a 14-year-old South Carolina boy, faced the electric chair for the 1944 murders of two young white girls in Alcolu, but his name has finally been cleared ...

The "Injustices" series, published by the USA TODAY Network in collaboration with the Equal Justice Initiative, seeks to confront the realities of racial injustice, reckon with their enduring effects, ...

Alcolu, SC (WLTX) -- A 14-year-old boy was sent to a South Carolina electric chair in 1944. George Stinney, Jr. was barely a teenager, black and was accused of murdering two young white girls in ...

Columbia, SC (WLTX) - Seventy years ago our state executed the youngest person in the country. Thursday students at Ridge View High School held a seminar to raise awareness about the case. George ...

SUMTER, S.C. (AP) – Lawyers finally got the chance to argue on behalf of George Stinney, 70 years after the 14-year-old black boy was sent to the electric chair for killing two white girls in South ...

In a South Carolina prison 65 years ago, guards walked a 14-year-old boy, Bible tucked under his arm, to the electric chair. At 95 pounds, the straps didn't fit, and an electrode was too big for his ...

Manning, SC (WLTX) - George Stinney supporters say the young man wasn't treated fairly when questioned about the murders; however, family members of the victims don't see it that way. Wednesdayis ...