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The Execution of Willie Francis by Gilbert King
On May 3, 1946, in picturesque St. Martinville, Louisiana, a seventeen year-old black boy was scheduled for execution by electric chair inside of a tiny redbrick jail. Charged with the murder of a local Cajun pharmacist, Willie Franciss trial had been brief and a guilty verdict was never in doubt -- strapped Willie into the electric chair. Three hundred pounds of oak and metal, the chair had been dubbed Gruesome Gertie. At 12:08 PM, the executioners flipped the switch. Willie screamed and writhed under his restraints. The chair shuddered and slid across the floor. But Willie Francis did not die
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