Willie Francis was sentenced to death by electric chair, miraculously survived the first execution attempt
17-year-old Willie Francis was preparing for his death on May 3, 1946. The teen was put into “Gruesome Gertie,” Louisiana’s electric chair, too scared to say his goodbyes, Francis awaited the inevitable moment when he would sent to his death. However, once the time came, something went wrong. Francis survived the electric chair. This started a […]