The Teenager who was Executed Twice - Willie Francis

History Dweebs - A look at True Crime, Murders, Serial Killers and the Darkside of History

Tim Scott

Comedy Interviews, Comedy

4 • 619 Ratings

🗓️ 6 February 2016

⏱️ 54 minutes

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Summary

In 1945, after a very questionable murder conviction, a 16 year old black teenager, Willie Francis, was sentenced to die in the Louisiana's electric chair. The first execution sent shockwaves through Willie repeatedly but failed to kill him. The drunken executioners had failed to hook up the chair properly. A second execution was scheduled six days later. Willie's new attorneys fought the second execution on the grounds it constitued "Cruel and Unusual Punishment" which is prohibited under the U.S. Constitution This is the story of their desperate attempt to save Willie's life.

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0:00.0	Hi, and welcome once again to history dweaves. My name is Tim, and the topic of our podcast today
0:11.6	is Willie Francis, the man who was executed twice. It's kind of a screwed up story, kind of a sad
0:19.3	story. Very sad story, actually.
0:23.0	And we're going to talk about it and get into all the details of it.
0:27.2	But before we do, let me introduce the Queen of Mean, the mistress of the macabre,
0:36.3	the Empress of Evil, and Satan's Dirty Little Secret,
0:40.4	very lovely and talented Brandy.
0:42.5	How are you today, Brandy?
0:44.0	I'm well. How are you?
0:45.6	I am fine.
0:47.1	Good. Better today than...
0:48.4	Better today.
0:49.4	Than before?
0:50.1	Yes.
0:51.1	I want to thank everyone for your nice comments and your nice words of support. But I'm okay. I just had a little bad day yesterday, but everything's cool. I am also joined by the very distinguished, very honorable. Devin air, I would say.
1:12.2	Wouldn't you say debonair?
1:13.0	I would not.
1:14.4	The most dangerous man in podcasting today,
1:19.5	Colonel Charles Bullrygard, Hawk Waters, the third,
1:23.7	affectionately known as a southern gentleman.
1:25.6	How are you today, Colonel?
1:26.8	Oh, the Colonel don't fine, Timmy. I'm glad. How are you today, Colonel? Oh, the Colonel doing fine, Timmy.
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