George Stinney Jr. Poem by Joe Rosochacki

George Stinney Jr.



George Stinney Jr.
At age 14 wasn't going anywhere
Except to meet his maker
He was going to the electric chair
Afterwards he was carried away by the undertaker
The trial was in South Carolina in 1944
He was convicted on circumstantial evidence
George was black, was talking with two white girls who knew before
He admitted to killing them, it was found later by coercion by the very segregated town in a sense.
His 90 lbs. frame, all 5'1'' of him made use of his Bible,
He awaited the 2,400 volts at 60 amps
To have society punish him for crime he was liable.
This power could've lit a thousand and one lamps.
George had no Miranda Rights, no lawyer or even parents,
When he admitted to this heinous crime
There was eye witnesses, no hard evidence,
DNA is in future time.
His Bible as his booster to his head
To make sure gets elevated properly
To the electrodes to ensure that we was dead
Not by mistake by attempting to kill him endlessly.
Three score and a half years later on December 17,2014
His sentence was vacated, as though it never happened
It was a solemn scene not as before
Justice was finally served.

December 18,2014

http: //en.wikipedia.org/wiki/George_Stinney

Friday, December 19, 2014
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Joe Rosochacki

Joe Rosochacki

Hamtramck, Michigan
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