Beginnings

This is my first post.  I admit I have no idea about what I'm doing.  Not sure I even like this, but i had to do it for a class.

It's 5:40 am, and I'm still up trying to finish an assignment for class.  I really have to stop procastinating and waiting until the last minute to get things done.  It's killing me.

I have no specific agenda with this blog.  I guess I should have a purpose for it, but I don't as of yet.  Maybe as I become familiar with this, ideas will come to me.

One thing I would like to comment about is George Junius Stinney, Jr. I came across this case while searching for something else on the Internet.  In 1944, Stinney became the youngest person to be executed in the United States; he was only 14.  He was convicted of killing two white girls in Alcolu, South Carolina. The day he was arrested, his father was fired from his job and the family was forced to leave the state, thereby leaving the boy alone. He was interviewed by the local sherriff, with  no parent, and no lawyer.  His confession to the sherriff was oral, nothing written down. The trial lasted three hours and the jury came back with a verdict in 10 minutes.  Can we say, rush to judgement?  Click here to see more ono the story, Little Know Black History Fact. Some folks in South Carolina are trying to get Stinney's name cleared, but the case may be difficult with no evidence and no written confession.

Well, this about all I'm good for today. Maybe more next time.