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The Current: The Story of George Stinney, Jr (2017)
This is the story of George Stinney, Jr, black male age 14 who was the youngest person ever to be executed in the U.S. It happened in 1944 in South Carolina. He was convicted of murdering two young white girls.
Events
March 24th , 1944, Betty June Binniker and Mary Emma Thames are murdered
April 24th , 1944, George Stinney J is sentenced to death
June 16th , 1944, George Stinney Jr is executed by electrocution
Directed by Jamison Stalsworth
Starring Ronnie George, Randall Moser