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..George Stinney was executed at the Central Correctional Institution in Columbia, South Carolina on June 16, 1944, at 7:30 p.m. At 7:25 pm, standing 5 feet 1 inch tall and weighing just over 90 lbs three police officers approached the cell where George was being held, one officer entered and took him out of his cell. The officers escorted him to the ex*****on room where they placed him in the electric chair, using a thick book (either a telephone directory [16] or a Bible) as a booster seat because George was so small. [17] George was then restrained by his arms, legs, body to the chair. His father was allowed to approach George to say his final words to his son. An officer asked George if he had any last words to say, but George just shook his head. George Stinney could only whimper and take big deep breaths as one of the officers pulled a strap from the chair and placed it over his mouth, causing George to break into tears. They then placed the face mask over his face, which did not fit him, as George continued sobbing. When the lethal electricity was applied, the mask covering George's face slipped off, revealing George's burned scalp and tears streaming down his face, saliva dripping from his mouth. [17][18]
George Stinney was declared dead after eight minutes. George's teeth were smoking and he had one eye missing. The next day (Saturday, June 17, 1944) he was buried by his family at Sumter, South Carolina. His body was in an unmarked grave in the hopes the anonymity would allow him to forever rest in peace.