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Louisiana ex rel. Francis v. Resweber 329 U.S. 459 (1947) is a case in which the U.S. Supreme Court was asked whether imposing capital punishment (the electric chair) a second time after it failed in an attempt to execute Willie Francis in 1946 constituted a violation of the United States Constitution.

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