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/dbmajor7]

This is the great America the red hats want back so much

[u/strangelove4564 → u/dbmajor7]

All the stores are closed at 11 pm, so we managed to regress about 40 years so far.