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Slideshow: George Stinney, youngest executed in 20th century

By theGrio

3:00 PM on 10/04/2011

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George Junius Stinney, Jr. (South Carolina Department of Archives and History)

George Stinney weighed just 95 pounds at the time of his execution. He is the youngest person on record to be executed in the twentieth century.

Convicted of killing two white girls with a railroad spike in 1944, Stinney is now the subject of new efforts to clear his name. A South Carolina attorney and activist are hoping the state will reopen the case by the end of the year and dismiss the charges against Stinney once and for all.

WATCH theGRIO's TODD JOHNSON INTERVIEW GEORGE STINNEY'S BROTHER HERE:

Thanks to the South Carolina Department of Archives and History, theGrio has put together a series of haunting photos - including the actual chair Stinney was electrocuted in and the state documents of the young boy's fingerprints.

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The electric chair.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
State records of George Stinney's finger prints.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The South Carolina Coroner's report on George Stinney
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The exterior of the cell block.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The coroner's inquisition.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The interior of the cell block.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
George Stinney's arrest warrant from the state of South Carolina.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
An aerial view of the South Carolina penitentiary where Stinney was held.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
George Stinney
South Carolina Department of Archives and History
The house where death row inmates were held.
South Carolina Department of Archives and History