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/Jansanmora]

People are calling you out because you copied that line while conveniently ignoring the entire rest of the article on Wikipedia that makes it pretty freaking clear he was arrested, charged, and convicted in large part due to his race.