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The true story of Willie Francis, a sixteen year-old African American with no prior record who was sentenced to the electric chair in 1946... and survived. For two years after he became national news and his case forced the nation to take a hard look at its views on capital punishment. Ultimately, the Supreme Court ruled against Willie, and he went to the electric chair again in 1948.