Entries tagged with “Posthumous exonerations

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Juveniles

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Mar 12, 2014

Efforts Underway to Exonerate 14-Year-Old Executed in South Carolina in 1944

Attorneys rep­re­sent­ing the fam­i­ly of George Stinney, Jr., recent­ly filed a request for a posthu­mous exon­er­a­tion of Mr. Stinney, the youngest per­son exe­cut­ed in the U.S. in the 20th cen­tu­ry. Stinney, an African-American 14‑y…

Policy Issues

Innocence

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Race

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History of the Death Penalty

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Jun 19, 2015

Pardon Sought for Black Teen Executed by Pennsylvania 84 Years Ago

84 years after Pennsylvania exe­cut­ed a black 16-year-old for the 1931 mur­der of his white school matron, the descen­dants of the boy’s tri­al lawyers are try­ing to exon­er­ate him. Samuel Lemon, the great-grand­son of …