80 days

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This description refers to material held by Smithsonian National Museum of African American History and Culture. Visual details below describe the original material.

This is a portrait of African American teenager George Stinney, Jr., the youngest person to be executed in a U.S. prison. In 1944, 14-year-old Stinney was charged, tried, convicted, and executed for a murder he did not commit, all within 80 days. Stinney’s trial was vacated in 2014. In this portrait by Deborah Roberts, Stinney is represented full-length with his body facing forward against a stark white background. He is shown seated with his face in left 3/4ths view. Wearing a striped grey and white prison uniform and brown boots with untied shoelaces, he glances out at the viewer. His left arm bent with his hand on his left thigh and his right arm is by his side with his right hand limply resting on his right shin, which is tucked next to his body.

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