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 ...

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 - This week's hearing about whether 14-year-old George Stinney received a fair trial in 1944 lasted several times longer than his original trial, where he was found guilty of murdering two ...

MANNING, S.C. — A judge in South Carolina has opened a hearing to determine whether there will be a new trial for a 14-year-old boy who was executed almost 70 years ago. George Stinney Jr. was ...

GRAND RAPIDS, MI - Opera Grand Rapids (OGR) unveiled its trailblazing 2025-26 season, “East Meets Midwest: Celebrating Asian Brilliance and Artists from Michigan,” at its annual gala last week. The ...

CHARLESTON, S.C. (AP — Faculty and students at the Charleston School of Law are scheduled to discuss a new development in the case of a black teenager electrocuted more than 70 years ago for the ...

A writer and activist referenced the 1944 execution of a black South Carolina teenager and the brutal beating of a black combat veteran in Lexington County two years later while addressing a ...

A black teen who is believed to be the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 20th century had his murder conviction thrown out by a circuit court judge on Wednesday, NBC News reported. George ...

COLUMBIA, S.C. (AP) - Leaving a judge to decide whether to throw out the conviction of a 14-year-old boy executed in South Carolina in 1944 reminds supporters of George Stinney of how the teen's fate ...

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 ...