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2023-05-14 21:53:05 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: BD73E8B6315391ED539B83865BD89D76AA782D68AB586CB1B470C3EC42D041F9
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The colour photos are from a reenactment of the execution in the 1991 movie Carolina Skeletons. https://imdb.com/title/tt0101549/ In 2014 a South Carolina judge ruled that he had not received a fair trial and had thus been wrongly executed. https://www.wistv.com/story/27651255/george-stinney-14-year-old-convicted-of-44-murder-exonerated/ https://www.thestate.com/news/special-reports/state-125/article49644245.html He was declared guilty after only 10 minutes of deliberation. https://www.washingtonpost.com/news/morning-mix/wp/2014/12/18/the-rush-job-conviction-of-14-year-old-george-stinney-exonerated-70-years-after-execution/
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