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Get daily news by email. 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. He became the youngest person in the 20th Century to be executed in the US. But 70 years on a US judge in South Carolina has thrown out the black teenâs conviction on the basis he was wronged by the justice system. The ruling has been welcomed by Stinney Jrâs family and civil rights activists who campaigned for years.
The ruling gave relief to Stinney's brother, sisters and civil rights activists who have been fighting to get his case reviewed for years. 1  Stolen life: George Stinney Jr (pictured) became the youngest person executed in the 20th century when he was electrocuted in 1944 for the deaths of two girls in Acolu, South Carolina. A judge on Wednesday overturned the ruling on the basis that Stinney's civil rights had been violated by the justice system.