Daniel Rennie: This Teenager Went To The Electric Chair Twice – But Was He Really Guilty? In: allthatsinteresting.com. 30. April 2018, abgerufen am 23. Dezember 2019 (englisch): „Appallingly, Francis’ lawyers did not cross-examine witnesses even though the evidence against Francis was dubious at best.“
Gilbert King: 1947: Willie Francis, this time successfully. In: executedtoday.com/. 9. Mai 2009, abgerufen am 25. Dezember 2019 (englisch): „The prosecution based its entire case on a confession obtained while Willie was in police custody without the aid of a lawyer. In this confession, Willie wrote, “it was a secret about me and him,” which was never explained“
Jürgen Martschukat: Geschichte der Todesstrafe in Nordamerika. Von der Kolonialzeit bis zur Gegenwart (= Beck’sche Reihe 1471). C.H.Beck, München 2002, ISBN 3-406-47611-2, S.117 (eingeschränkte Vorschau in der Google-Buchsuche).
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The Double-Execution of Willie Francis: Louisiana, 1946. In: truecrimeandcoffee.com. 24. Januar 2019, ehemals im Original (nicht mehr online verfügbar); abgerufen am 23. Dezember 2019 (englisch): „The jury was composed of twelve white men; due to Louisiana being disenfranchised at the time, black men and women were unable to vote, therefore they could not serve on a jury.“
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The Teenager Who Was Executed Twice. In: todayifoundout.com/. 28. September 2012, abgerufen am 25. Dezember 2019 (englisch, Schriftliches Geständnis von Willie Francis): „I Willie Francis now 16 years old I stole the gun from Mr. Ogise (the deputy “August” Fuselier) at St. Martinville La. and kill Andrew Thomas November 9, 1944 or about the time at St. Martinville La it was a secret about me and him. I took a black purse with card in it four dollars in it. I all so took a watch on him and sell it in new Iberia La. That all I am said I throw gun away .38 Pistol“
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Gilbert King: The Two Executions Of Willie Francis. In: washingtonpost.com/. 19. Juli 2006, abgerufen am 25. Dezember 2019 (englisch): „Francis had been convicted of murdering a St. Martinville pharmacist. The trial lasted a little more than a day, and the bulk of the evidence against him was based on a confession obtained without counsel present“