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The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South
The Execution of Willie Francis Race Murder and the Search for Justice in the American South
Author: Gilbert King
On May 3, 1946, a seventeen-year-old boy was scheduled to die by the electric chair inside of a tiny red brick jail in picturesque St. Martinsville, Louisiana. Young Willie Francis had been charged with the murder of a local pharmacist. The electric chair-three hundred pounds of oak and metal- had been dubbed ?Gruesome Gertie? and was moved from...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780465002658
ISBN-10: 046500265X
Publication Date: 3/31/2008
Pages: 384
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Publisher: Basic Civitas Books
Book Type: Hardcover
Other Versions: Paperback
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