Black US teen cleared of murder, 91 years after his execution

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NEW YORK, June 17 — An African-American teen executed in 1931 for the murder of a white woman was exonerated by a Pennsylvania court this week, after decades of lobbying by his only surviving sister.Alexander McClay Williams, age 16, was convicted by a white jury in just four hours, and remains the youngest person ever put to death in the eastern US state.But 91 years later, a county judge dismissed the case and declared Williams was innocent.“I’m just happy that it finally turned out the way it should have in the beginning,” Williams’ sister, Susie Williams-Carter, was quoted by the Philadelphia Inquirer as saying yesterday.“We just wanted it overturned, because we knew he was innocent, and now we want everyone else to know it, too,” the 92-year-old said.Delaware County District Attorney Jack Stollsteimer said in a statement that the case was dismissed on Monday, after years …