Family of Black teen wrongly executed in 1931 seeks damages after 2022 exoneration
The Monitor - 2024-05-20T19:53:47.000Z

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 — is suing the county that prosecuted him. Alexander McClay Williams was convicted of murder in the October 1930 icepick stabbing […]

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