Sadly very late.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/18/judge-exonerates-14-year-old-boy-executed-1944
Judge Exonerates 14-Year-Old Boy Executed in 1944
George Stinney, Jr. did not receive fair trial in murder case in Jim Crow south, judge says
by
Nadia Prupis
A judge on Wednesday vacated the conviction of George Stinney, Jr., who was executed in 1944 at 14 years old, making him the youngest person put to death in the United States in the 20th century.
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The Guardian writes:
There is scant documentary evidence from the case, but newspapers reported that, because of his small stature, at 5ft 1in and weighing just 95lb, the guards had difficultly strapping him into a chair built for adults. When the switch was flipped and the first 2,400 volts surged through his body, the too-large death mask slipped from his face revealing the tears falling from his scared, open eyes. A second and third charge followed. He was pronounced dead on 16 June 1944.
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"A pardon is forgiving someone for something they did," Norma Robinson, Stinney's niece, told the Manning Times. "That wasn't an option for my mother, my aunt or my uncle. We weren't asking forgiveness."
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Short but powerful read.
http://www.commondreams.org/news/2014/12/18/judge-exonerates-14-year-old-boy-executed-1944