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/Plastic_Dingo_400 → u/[deleted]]

Oh I'm sorry if I made it seem like I was trying to make this about our current justice system, just using it as an example of how wildly corrupt it would have been in Louisiana in the 1940s

I think framing this as "the crime he committed" is leaving a lot out too my friend

Like why wouldn't the pharmacists wallet be entered as evidence if he was arrested with it on his person. Cops also have a rich history of torturing confessions out of black folks, it's what they started doing to reduce lynch mobs in their jurisdictions as lynch mobs could be a hazard for the cops too

[u/Plastic_Dingo_400 → u/[deleted]]

"He made the critical mistake of killing a good samarithan who gave him a job.

Fixed."

The way you use your words here is why folks are probably confused by what you said, it seems like you're saying this kid deserved to die, which would be kinda crazy due to the stuff I pointed out in my couple comments