Curtis Jones, 12, and his sister Catherine Jones, 13, appear in court after killing their father's girlfriend. They would be charged as adults. Unsealed documents later revealed that the two were being sexually abused and had resorted to murder when nobody believed them, Florida, 1999 [1932 x 1092].
Preston Porter Jr., 15, reads a Bible for comfort as he is led by rope to be burned at the stake by a lynch mob. After being tortured for 4 days, he'd confessed to killing a white girl after the police said his father and brother would also be lynched unless he talked (Colorado, 1900) [1021 x 1197].
A photo of Sid Hatfield, the police chief of Matewan, West Virginia. Hatfield is known for his surprising stance on strikes. Unlike most police chiefs, he not only refused to help crush ongoing strikes, but sided with the strikers outright. He was later murdered in broad daylight, 1921 [1280 x 720].
Harold Jones, 15, wears a gold watch gifted to him to celebrate his acquittal in the murder of a young girl. After his acquittal, he had been welcomed back to his home town with cheers from the locals. It turns out Jones was guilty. He killed another young girl weeks later, Wales, 1921 [1024 x 576].
