The thymus gland is located in the neck above the heart. The function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).he function of the thymus gland is to generate mature T lymphocytes (white blood cels that help the immune system fight off illness).
An African-American boy, George Stinney Jr., who was executed at age 14 in the killing of two young white girls has been exonerated in South Carolina, 70 years after he became the youngest person executed in the U.S. in the 1900s. A judge ruled he was denied due process.
Ray and Faye Copeland. Ray Copeland (December 30, 1914 â October 19, 1993) and Faye Della Wilson Copeland (August 4, 1921 â December 23, 2003) became, at the ages of 76 and 69 respectively, the oldest couple ever sentenced to death in the United States. They were convicted of killing five drifters at their farm in Missouri.