http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/taxonomy/term/9578/all en http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal/2014/01/28/executed-corpse-gets-new-trial-after-70-years <div class="field field-name-body field-type-text-with-summary field-label-hidden"><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><p> 70 years ago, a 14-year-old black teenager named George Stinney, was executed by electrocution in the state of South Carolina, USA, for the murder of two young white girls,</p> <p><strong>It took the all-white jury only 10 minutes to decide whether the young quiet George Stinney was guilty. His defense lawyer made no effort to prove if George Stinney was innocent. No witnesses were called for his defense or no cross examination. His lawyer at the time would not file an appeal on behalf of Stinney.</strong></p> <p>George Stinney's family had to flee their home before the trial in 1944. </p> </div></div></div><div class="field field-name-taxonomy-vocabulary-5 field-type-taxonomy-term-reference field-label-above"><div class="field-label">Keywords:&nbsp;</div><div class="field-items"><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/human-rights">human rights</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/death-penalty">death penalty</a></div><div class="field-item even"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/capital-punishment">capital punishment</a></div><div class="field-item odd"><a href="/indymedia.org.au/drupal/keywords/george-stinney">George Stinney</a></div></div></div> Tue, 28 Jan 2014 00:08:14 +0000 ACADP 12773 at http://localhost/indymedia.org.au/drupal