The Execution of Willie Francis: Race, Murder, and the Search for Justice in the American South
by Gilbert King
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The true story of how a young Cajun lawyer, Bertrand DeBlanc, fought to save 17-year-old Willie Francis from the electric chair. In deciding Willie's fate the courts and the country would be forced to ask questions about capital punishment that remain unresolved today.--From amazon.com.Tags
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Gilbert King was awarded the 2013 Pulitzer Prize in Nonfiction for Devil in the Grove: Thurgood Marshall, the Groveland Boys, and the Dawn of a New America, which was also a New York Times bestseller and a finalist for the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. A contributor to Smithsonian magazine and The Marshall Project, King also writes about justice show more for The New York Times and The Washington Post. He lives in New York City. show less
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- 364.66092 — Social sciences Social problems and social services Criminology Punishment Death penalty
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- HV8699 .U5 .K55 — Social sciences Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminology Social pathology. Social and public welfare. Criminal justice administration Penology. Prisons. Corrections
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