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FILE- In this Oct. 31, 2009 file photo, Republican gubernatorial candidate Bob McDonnell, hugs his wife, Maureen, during a rally in Richmond, Va., McDonnell and his wife were indicted Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, on corruption charges after a monthslong federal investigation into gifts the Republican received from a political donor. (AP Photo/Steve Helber, File)
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Katherine Stinney Robinson, 79, speaks with Steve McKenzie, a partner in the firm representing the Stinney family, before the start of a hearing Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Sumter (S.C.) County Judicial Center in Sumter, S.C. George Stinney, a 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, as his lawyers argue for a new trial, saying his conviction was tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence. Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/The Item, Bristow Marchant)
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South Carolina Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest "Chip" Finney III questions 79-year-old Katherine Stinney Robinson, sister of George Stinney, during the hearing Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Sumter (S.C.) County Judicial Center in Sumter, S.C. George Stinney, a 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, as his lawyers argue for a new trial, saying his conviction was tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence. Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/The Item, Bristow Marchant)
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Spectators filled both courtrooms for a hearing Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Sumter (S.C.) County Judicial Center in Sumter, S.C. George Stinney, a 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, as his lawyers argue for a new trial, saying his conviction was tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence. Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/The Item, Bristow Marchant)
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South Carolina Third Circuit Solicitor Ernest "Chip" Finney III, left, speaks with Steve McKenzie, a partner in the firm representing the Stinney family, before a hearing Tuesday morning, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Sumter (S.C.) County Judicial Center in Sumter, S.C. George Stinney, a 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, as his lawyers argue for a new trial, saying his conviction was tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence. Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/The Item, Bristow Marchant)
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FILE - This undated file photo provided by the South Carolina Department of Archives and History shows George Stinney Jr., the youngest person ever executed in South Carolina, in 1944. Supporters of Stinney plan to argue Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, that there wasn't enough evidence to find him guilty in 1944 of killing a 7-year-old and an 11-year-old girl. The black teen was found guilty of killing the white girls in a trial that lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/South Carolina Department of Archives and History, File)
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Katherine Stinney Robinson, 79, sister of George Stinney, testifies during the hearing Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014, at the Sumter (S.C.) County Judicial Center in Sumter, S.C. George Stinney, a 14-year-old black boy executed nearly 70 years ago is finally getting another day in court, as his lawyers argue for a new trial, saying his conviction was tainted by the segregationist-era justice system and scant evidence. Stinney was found guilty in 1944 of killing two white girls, ages 7 and 11. The trial lasted less than a day in the tiny Southern mill town of Alcolu, separated, as most were in those days, by race. (AP Photo/The Item, Bristow Marchant)
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Family members of two children killed in a shooting rampage at Sandy Hook Elementary School in Connecticut, Mark Barden, left, who lost his son 7-year-old Daniel, and Nicole Hockley, who lost her 6-year-old son Dylan, listen to questions during a newsconference on a bill introduced that would expand gun background checks in New Hampshire. , Tuesday, Jan. 21, 2014 in Concord, N.H. (AP Photo/Jim Cole)
