New trial sought for South Carolina boy, 14, executed in 1944

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

Motion denied.

See post #12, and add to that...

Dam militaryians!

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

Been seeing a lot of reposting of earlier articles.

Drugs will do that to you.

[luckytxn 2,264]

True.

Drugs will do that to you.

[Merle 458]

Stuff like this sets race relations back every time they happen. It seems as if though we need to be reminded that black people were once discriminated against so that we never, ever, ever,and I mean never ever forget.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

Stuff like this sets race relations back every time they happen. It seems as if though we need to be reminded that black people were once discriminated against so that we never, ever, ever,and I mean never ever forget.

That's the wrong way to look at it. If the guy didn't do it and was executed then it's a travesty of justice. There's nothing wrong with recognising that.

Just because it happened 70 years ago doesn't make it irrelevant, more so because it's not actually that long of a time. 70 years is still within living memory.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

70 years is still within living memory.

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[Janelle2002 3,865]

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It is still within memory for many.

[Trumplestiltskin 5,791]

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Oh for heavens sake look it up.

There may be people alive who knew the guy or who are related to him.

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

I can't remember much that happened 50 years ago, let alone 70, solely from personal experience.

Oh for heavens sake look it up.

Brits are so touchy.

[mota bhai 2,675]

I can't remember much that happened 50 years ago, let alone 70, solely from personal experience.

What is it they say about too much drugs...

[I AM NOT THAT GUY 5,715]

What is it they say about too much drugs...

You have a hard time recollecting as well?

[We Keep Receipts 9,238]

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ox6jSkk0W1A

[Mr. Big Dog 10,747]

While it would make a good class project, I don't see any value in a retrial, the older a case is the more difficult it would be to get a conviction.

Witnesses die or their memory gets cloudy.

Documents get lost.

Evidence is misplaced or deteriorates.

Shocking as it is, kids that young do kill, quite often.

That doesn't make for guilt in this case but to disbelieve a guilt verdict just because of age would be foolish.

He apparently gave a confession, the nature of that confession would be a big interest to me, who heard the confession. under what circumstance did he confess.

If grown men are made to give a false confession, just imagine how easy it would be to get a little "colored" kid to confess.

One of the short sighted impulses we often have when we hear of these cases is to assume, "They were trying to hang it on the Black guy"

the problem with that impulse is, it presumes the Victim, their family and law enforcement are at peace letting the guilty party go free.

I don't know about you but if someone raped and killed my child, I would want THAT person to answer for it.

Back to this case, it would be interesting to see if credible evidence was produced to get an conviction or if this is another case where a poor kid from a family with no means was railroaded.

These were the good old days, Danno. The ones you always seem to long for.

[DavenRoxy 1,073]

That's the wrong way to look at it. If the guy didn't do it and was executed then it's a travesty of justice. There's nothing wrong with recognising that.

Just because it happened 70 years ago doesn't make it irrelevant, more so because it's not actually that long of a time. 70 years is still within living memory.

If he was innocent (and it's very likely he was, IMHO), it would be a great thing for his family to know it and have it publicly known. Wouldn't bring him back, but at least they could rest easier knowing he was "acquitted posthumously".

Not sure a full blown trial would be worth it, however.

[Danno 1,228]

These were the good old days, Danno. The ones you always seem to long for.

I'll have to take your word for it.... and not yours alone, a lot of Old times have said times were hard but a better in many ways, worse in a few.

Hmmmm, just wondering, were more 14 year olds put to death for murder then or killed by drive-bys now?