Non Fiction Blog Post

Caitlin Hondorp                                                                                                          December 21, 2015
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     In the article "George Stinney was Executed at 14" in Upfront magazine is about a criminal who really wasn't. George Stinney was innocent but sentenced to death. Now his family is trying to prove that his execution wasn't necessary. It might be a little bit late for proving his innocence. It's been over 70 after his death.
     Stinney was arrested on March 24th, 1944 on the course of two dead white girls who were beaten to death in a ditch, that he was blamed on with murder. When he was brought to court, his trial was only for three hours. This was disrespectful. Give him more time to explain! Did he even have time to speak for himself? It took the jury 10 minutes to sentence him to die. I'm speechless. This is just so wrong and rude. On the day of the murder, he was with his family, not killing two kids!
     In conclusion, this was wasn't right. He should've had an equal trial not a three hour length of time. This was a life that was lost. The family is still trying to prove that George Stinney was in fact innocent.  I pay all of my respects to the Stinney family for this tragic event.