Whitey Ford
05-27-2024, 11:33 AM
A Wrongfully Convicted Black Teen was the Youngest Person Ever Executed in Pa. — Now His Family Is Suing
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The family of a teen who was executed in Pennsylvania in 1931 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages.
According to NBC 10, Alexander McClay Williams — who was Black and 16 years old at the time of his execution — is the youngest person to be put to death in the state.
The outlet reports that the lawyers of Williams’ family announced on Monday, May 20, that they would be filing a civil rights lawsuit against Delaware County. This was the county that prosecuted him in 1931, according to WHYY-PBS.
"They murdered him,” Williams' only surviving sibling Susie Williams Carter, 94, of Chester, said at a press conference on May 20, per WHYY-PBS. “They need to pay for killing my brother.”
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Williams was convicted of murdering a White 34-year-old woman named Vida Robare. Vida worked at the Glen Mills School for Boys, where the teen attended.
According to NBC 10 and The New York Times, there were no witnesses to Vida's murder and Williams was coerced into confessing despite never being seen at the crime scene.
https://people.com/wrongfully-convicted-black-teen-was-youngest-person-ever-executed-pa-now-his-family-is-suing-8651810
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The family of a teen who was executed in Pennsylvania in 1931 has filed a lawsuit seeking damages.
According to NBC 10, Alexander McClay Williams — who was Black and 16 years old at the time of his execution — is the youngest person to be put to death in the state.
The outlet reports that the lawyers of Williams’ family announced on Monday, May 20, that they would be filing a civil rights lawsuit against Delaware County. This was the county that prosecuted him in 1931, according to WHYY-PBS.
"They murdered him,” Williams' only surviving sibling Susie Williams Carter, 94, of Chester, said at a press conference on May 20, per WHYY-PBS. “They need to pay for killing my brother.”
https://imagizer.imageshack.com/v2/xq70/924/8tPBj2.png
Williams was convicted of murdering a White 34-year-old woman named Vida Robare. Vida worked at the Glen Mills School for Boys, where the teen attended.
According to NBC 10 and The New York Times, there were no witnesses to Vida's murder and Williams was coerced into confessing despite never being seen at the crime scene.
https://people.com/wrongfully-convicted-black-teen-was-youngest-person-ever-executed-pa-now-his-family-is-suing-8651810