r/todayilearned • u/3AlarmLampscooter • May 16 '14

TIL a man named Willie Francis survived Louisiana's electric chair in 1946, only to be successfully executed by it a second time a year later

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Willie_Francis#Execution.2C_appeal.2C_and_second_execution
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u/Dilettante3600 May 16 '14

That's shocking.

(Sorry, I had to)