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Emotions ran high as boy who was executed at only 14 is cleared of murder 70 years after his death

By Mirror | 11yrs ago

South Carolina, USA: A teenage boy convicted of murdering two young girls has been exonerated - 70 years after he was executed for the crime.

George Stinney Jr was just 14 when he was sentenced to death over the killing of two white girls, aged 11 and seven.

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