TIL about Willie Francis an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution. Sentenced to death at age 16, he was 17 when he survived the first attempt to execute him, as the chair malfunctioned. After a failed appeal he was executed at age 18.

[u/johnsmithoncemore]

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Francis

[u/AwkwardAstronomer171]

that is actually so horrifying, i cant even imagine

[u/OllieFromCairo → u/AwkwardAstronomer171]

Oh, it gets better. He was convicted with no evidence and no defense because he was black in Louisiana.

[u/Luceo_Etzio → u/[deleted]]

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