Born Guilty

Written by Cadier Florence

  • Novel 12+
  • Age group: 12 and up
  • Pages: 160
  • Format: 14 x 21
  • RP: 14,90 euros - Publication: November 2020

In 1944 segregation was in full swing in South Carolina. George Stinney, a 14 years old African-American boy, is arrested for the murder of two white girls. Questioned and forced to sign a confession he does not understand, he is transferred to prison without seeing his parents again. George’s family is powerless and is not even allowed to attend his trial. The jury, composed of twelve white men, will need only ten minutes to convict George, 83 days after his arrest. George Stinney is the youngest person in the 20th century to have died in the electric chair.

A powerful novel based on the true story of 14 years old George Stinney, convicted and electrocuted without a single piece of evidence. A chilling example of institutional racism.

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