Over the years that I have been writing blogs, I have come across many sad and tragic stories from our history. And when the story involves a child, it's even more tragic. The story of 14-year old George Stinney Jr. is probably one of the saddest, if not THE saddest that I have seen.

It's no secret that the southern states of America, at one time, was a place that blacks were not welcomed. It was okay to have them clean the houses, cook the meals and do the laundry and even watch the kids, but they were not welcomed at public events and were not allowed to vote or hold office. This was simply how the southern democrats felt...and by what's happening today in our government and society, it appears that the democrats still feel this way.

Many atrocities were committed on the black race from the beginning of slavery to the late 1970s. There is a case of a young teen black boy murdered for whistling at a white woman. Many black boys and men were accused of crimes against whites and it was common that when a white man committed a terrible crime such as murder, child rape, etc., and he may be a prominent citizen of the community, it was common to select a black man in the area to blame. Most of these were hanged or shot or beaten to death for crimes that they simply did not do. And the citizens knew it. But it was better, they thought, to leave the guilty party go free and convict a black resident to, keep face.

In the case of 14-year old George Stinney Jr., it was a community of heartless, evil citizens of Alcolu, South Carolina that decided that murdering a young black boy would be much better than executing a white person who actually committed the crime.

This is a true story of the legal system of the deep south in the 1940s...or a lack of it. It's a proven fact that young George Stinney Jr. was innocent of any crimes. And at the time the crime was committed, George was playing at home with his sisters.

Imagine, if you can, that your 14-year old son is accused of a double murder. You are not allowed to see him in jail, his defense lawyer is totally worthless and you have no money to hire one. He is convicted in less that three hours and sentenced to death in the electric chair and the execution takes place. This is what the Stinney family went through in 1944. All because they were the wrong color in the wrong place, plain and simple. The real problem here was that a person who actually murdered two little girls...and raped one, was allowed to go free and live the rest of their life. All while a 14-year old innocent boy was robbed of his teen years and adulthood and his life. The question that George Stinney Jr. asked was, "Why do they want to kill me for something I didn't do?" Good question!