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TIL Two Penn. judges were “paid” to send children (as youg as 10) to jail.

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mxLRx TIL George Stinney, the youngest American who was sentenced and electrocuted to death, always carried a bible in his hands during his trial. The same bible was later used as a booster for the electrocution chair as he was too small for it.
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