willie francis died a year later.he same herself waiting for him a year before took his body away. >> guest: one of the things we find they will split 5-4 on the capital punishment whether the person should be executed. often those who vote in favor have great misgivings. not about the law but the wisdom of going through with the death penalty. and throughout the history in the united states supreme court from the 1960s on that we found, justice -- uphold the death sentence even though they personally felt it was wrong. they felt in a democracy this is a decision that the people must make and the state legislator must make. it's not for us to to decide. >> host: i thought that just to kind of take a look at the unique and interesting kind of research you did. i thought that the willie francis case was interesting. just in that you went and actually went to the gas chamber and went see the chair. the electricity chair. i want to hear about what the experience was like, you know. >> guest: no inmate sat in as many elect

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inside pocket of to a generator and mandate the victim into the chair but in this particular case willie francisa 17 year-old black man who killed a pharmacist during a robbery was drafted and electrodes attached to his ankles and head in one witness told us the executioner said goodbye willie and he did not go anywhere. malfunction. smoke and sparks he had minor burns but they took him back to his cell that was a celebrated supreme court case was a double jeopardy to put him in the electric chair again? the court said it is accidental and you could put him in again but the justice that voted for the execution because he felt constitutionally mandated to do it he was so disturbed when behind a fellow of justice is the back very literally and urged him to do everything he could to stop what he thought was a travesty. they did attempt to stop it and he could not and willie francis died one year later and then they took his body away. >> guest: if the justices were split even those that favor in excess of -- in favor of the execution but the wisdom of going through with it. with the united states s