10/7/2026
Willie Francis Was Sentenced To The Electric Chair When He Was 17. Then A Drunken Prison Guard Botched His Execution
Filed by Max the Cryptid Reporter
Willie Francis was sentenced to death for the 1944 murder of Andrew Thomas, but his first execution attempt failed, leading to a controversial Supreme Court case before he faced the electric chair a second time in 1947.
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