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The family of Alexander McClay Williams sued Delaware County, Pa., more than 90 years after the teen was wrongfully convicted of murder and executed.
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.
PHILADELPHIA — 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 ...
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 ...
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 ...
Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration. Sam Lemon, right, ... 16, is suing the county where the Black teenager was convicted in 1931.
Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration “They murdered him,” said Susie Williams Carter, 94, the last surviving sibling in a family of 13 children.
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.
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 — is suing the ...
Carter, the sister of the youngest person ever executed in the state of Pennsylvania, Alexander McClay Williams, 16, is suing the county where the Black teenager was convicted in 1931.
By MARYCLAIRE DALE (AP Legal Affairs Writer) 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 ...