On June 16, 1944 (76 years ago, today) George Stinney Jr was executed for a crime he did not commit. At the age of 14, he became the youngest person to be executed in the United States. It took 4 minutes for the murder (I said it) to be completed. He was too small for the electric chair so he was forced to sit on top of the Bible that he was carrying to the chamber. A literal Bible booster seat. From the time of his arrest to the time of his death, he couldn’t stop asking β€œWhy? Why would they kill me for something I didn’t do?” From start to finish, it was 83 days. His trial was only 3 hours long. The jury consisted of 10 men, all white. And it took these β€œmen” (not in my world, assholes) a mere 10 minutes to find George β€œguilty, of all charges.” 𝑡𝒐𝒕𝒆: 𝑰'π’Ž π’‡π’Šπ’“π’†π’… 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’—π’†π’“π’š π’‚π’π’ˆπ’“π’š, π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜π’†π’“π’” π’…π’Šπ’”π’„π’“π’†π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’Šπ’” π’‚π’…π’—π’Šπ’”π’†π’…. **𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 π’†π’™π’‘π’π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’•** Learn more about the countless innocent men & women incarcerated yearly, as well as what π’šπ’π’– can do to help here: https://www.innocenceproject.org/. For the β€˜83 days’ video link & countdown click here: https://www.omnisplayer.com/artists/83-days/. For the video of systemic racism explained, go here: https://youtu.be/YrHIQIO_bdQ β€’ Follow me on Instagram & Facebook @earthtobrittpodcast & on Twitter @earthtobrittpod. Emails can be sent to earthtobritt.podcast@gmail.com --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/earthtobritt/message

Earth to Britt

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Bible Booster 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘳𝘢𝘦 𝘴𝘡𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘀𝘢𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘡π˜ͺ𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘺 π˜‘π˜³

JUN 16, 202076 MIN
Earth to Britt

Bible Booster 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘡𝘳𝘢𝘦 𝘴𝘡𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘰𝘧 𝘡𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘦𝘀𝘢𝘡π˜ͺ𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘎𝘦𝘰𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘚𝘡π˜ͺ𝘯𝘯𝘦𝘺 π˜‘π˜³

JUN 16, 202076 MIN

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On June 16, 1944 (76 years ago, today) George Stinney Jr was executed for a crime he did not commit. At the age of 14, he became the youngest person to be executed in the United States. It took 4 minutes for the murder (I said it) to be completed. He was too small for the electric chair so he was forced to sit on top of the Bible that he was carrying to the chamber. A literal Bible booster seat. From the time of his arrest to the time of his death, he couldn’t stop asking β€œWhy? Why would they kill me for something I didn’t do?” From start to finish, it was 83 days. His trial was only 3 hours long. The jury consisted of 10 men, all white. And it took these β€œmen” (not in my world, assholes) a mere 10 minutes to find George β€œguilty, of all charges.” 𝑡𝒐𝒕𝒆: 𝑰'π’Ž π’‡π’Šπ’“π’†π’… 𝒖𝒑 𝒂𝒏𝒅 π’—π’†π’“π’š π’‚π’π’ˆπ’“π’š, π’—π’Šπ’†π’˜π’†π’“π’” π’…π’Šπ’”π’„π’“π’†π’•π’Šπ’π’ π’Šπ’” π’‚π’…π’—π’Šπ’”π’†π’…. **𝑬𝒙𝒕𝒓𝒂 π’†π’™π’‘π’π’Šπ’„π’Šπ’•** Learn more about the countless innocent men & women incarcerated yearly, as well as what π’šπ’π’– can do to help here: https://www.innocenceproject.org/. For the β€˜83 days’ video link & countdown click here: https://www.omnisplayer.com/artists/83-days/. For the video of systemic racism explained, go here: https://youtu.be/YrHIQIO_bdQ β€’ Follow me on Instagram & Facebook @earthtobrittpodcast & on Twitter @earthtobrittpod. Emails can be sent to [email protected] --- Send in a voice message: https://podcasters.spotify.com/pod/show/earthtobritt/message