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Family Of Black Teen Executed In 1931 Sues State Of Pennsylvania Williams was convicted of stabbing a woman 47 times, leading to his execution in 1931. The conviction was vacated in 2022.
A Black teen was wrongly executed in 1931. His family is suing the county. The family of Alexander McClay Williams sued Delaware County, Pa., more than 90 years after the teen was wrongfully ...
PHILADELPHIA — The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black ... the teen’s constitutional rights had been violated, and a Delaware County judge ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black 16-year-old sent to the electric chair in 1931 and exonerated by the governor in 2022 ...
Carter is the sister of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania, Alexander McClay Williams, 16, and Lemon is the great-grandson of the attorney who represented him. Carter is ...
In 1931, a Black 16-year-old boy ... Now, 93 years later, his family is suing after his innocence was proven and his conviction was overturned. Delaware County, Pennsylvania, is listed as a ...
Family of Alexander McClay Williams, who was wrongfully convicted and executed in 1931, is suing Delaware County in Pennsylvania ... Innocent Black teen was executed for school matron’s death 93 ...
In 1931, a Black 16-year-old boy, Alexander McClay Williams was sentenced to death for the murder of a White school matron, 34-year-old Vida Robare. Now, 93 years later, his family is suing after ...
PHILADELPHIA (AP) — The family of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania — a Black ... the teen’s constitutional rights had been violated, and a Delaware County ...
Family of Black boy, 16, sent to electric chair in 1930 and exonerated in 2022 sues county that prosecuted him. ... 1931, and executed five months later, on June 8.