George Stinney Jr., 1944. Dept. of Corrections,
Central Correctional Institution, Record of Prisoners
Awaiting Execution.

George Stinney Jr., 1944. Dept. of Corrections,
Central Correctional Institution, Record of Prisoners
Awaiting Execution.

Columbia State Penitentiary

Photograph of fourteen-year-old George Stinny Jr., who was sentenced to death for the crime of murdering two young white girls. The photograph was taken by a photographer in the Columbia State Penitentiary’s administration department. George would later be sentenced to death by electric chair.

Mug shot of a young black man. George wears a baggy striped prisoner uniform with a placard labeled "260" hanging from his chest.

Columbia State Penitentiary

1944-05 (ca.)

Photograph

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South Carolina Department of Archives and History, http://www.nationalregister.sc.gov/georgestinney/S132004/pages/S13200400000026009a.htm

English

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