Willie Francis was a 16-year-old Black teenager sentenced to death in Louisiana in 1946 after a trial built on coerced confessions and no meaningful defense. After surviving a failed execution, the U.S. Supreme Court allowed the state to try again, and he was executed in 1947. | The Law Office of Julian Johnson, LLC

Willie Francis (January 12, 1929 – May 9, 1947) was an American teenager known for surviving a failed execution by electrocution in the United States. In December 1944, Andrew Thomas, a pharmacist in St. Martinville, Louisiana, was shot and killed. His murder remained unsolved for nine months, but in August 1945, Willie Francis was detained in Texas on suspicion of drug trafficking due to him carrying a briefcase and speaking with a stutter. Police claimed that he was carrying Thomas' wallet in

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