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NOW AUTHOR GILBERT KING AND HIS BOOK. THIS IS AN HOUR AND 15 MINUTES. |
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FIRST OF ALL I JUST WANT TO START AND REALLY SAY SOMETHING FROM MY HEART. I'M REALLY HONORED AND OVERJOYED... |
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THE EXECUTION OF WILLIE FRANCIS IS A STORY THAT BEGINS WITH A MURDER. IT ENDS WITH SOME OF THE GREATEST... |
| 00:44:15 |
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IT ACTUALLY WENT THREE TIMES. FIRST TIME WAS THE ACTUAL CASE. THE SECOND TIME WAS WHEN THEY LEARNED... |
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GOOD AFTERNOON. DID THE SUPREME COURT AT ANY POINT SAY THAT THIS WAS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL? |
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WELL, THAT WAS BERTRAND'S ARGUE; THAT IT WAS CRUEL AND UNUSUAL. HIT VIOLATED THE FIFTH AMENDMENT.... |
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TALK ABOUT THAT OR -- |
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I WOULDN'T SAY RESISTANCE. I FOUND THAT PEOPLE OF THE OLDER GENERATION WHO REMEMBERED THIS, THE RUMORS... |
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ONE BACK HERE? OKAY. |
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I READ THE BOOK. I COULDN'T PUT IT DOWN. I CRIED AND I CRIED. WHAT I WAS -- NEVER GET A SENSE OF... |
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I TRIED TO LOOK AT THIS FROM THE PERSPECTIVE OF TWO LAWYERS AT THE TIME WHO WERE REPRESENTING WILLIE... |
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WERE YOU ABLE TO, LIKE, ASCERTAIN THROUGH YOUR CONVERSATIONS WITH PEOPLE IN THE COMMUNITY THE EXACT... |
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I THINK THAT'S SOMETHING THAT PROBABLY WILLIE TOOK TO HISGRAPH. I TECH OKLAHOMA TELL YOU I DID FIND... |
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WAS THERE ANY MEDICAL TREATMENT BETWEEN THE TIME OF THE BOTCHED EXECUTION AND -- FOR WILLIE EVEN MENTAL... |
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WHEN WILLIE WALKED AIRPLANE FROM THE CHAIR, COUPLE DOCTORS CAME IN AND EXAMINED HIM, AND AS SHERIFF... |
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COULD YOU TALK ABOUT THE ALLEGATIONS THAT HANDANDREW THOMAS WAS GAY AND IS THERE -- |
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YOU KNOW, THESE ARE RUMORS FLOATING AROUND THE TOWN AT THE TIME. RUMORS AROUND THE UP TO WAS THAT ... |
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WELL, I WOULDN'T SAY THEY WERE ACTUALLY DIRECTLY HAPPENING. THERE WAS ONE CASE CALLED ADAMSON, A... |
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BOOZE GUN WAS THAT? |
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WELL, ACCORDING TO AUGUST IN ST. MARTIN'S FELL, HE ADMITTED IT WAS HIS GUN. AND AS A DEPUTY SHERIFF.... |
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AREN'T THE TWO DIFFERENT CONFESSIONS? |
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YES. THERE'S TWO DIFFERENT CONFESSIONS. THE KIND OF CONTRADICTED EACH OTHER. AS I MENTIONED EARLIER,... |
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DO THE PROCEEDS OF THE BOOK GO TO HIS FAMILY? |
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THAT'S A GOOD POINT. ARE YOU WITH THE FAMILY? LAUGHTER, CAN I ASK A QUESTION? REMEMBER THE EMMET HELP... |
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YOU MEAN AS FAR AS BEING HERE? WE HEARD YOU ARE GOING TO BE DISCUSSING -- |
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I'M CURIOUS ABOUT YOUR T-SHIRT. |
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THE T-SHIRT REFLECTS WHAT HAPPENED TO END AT HILL IN MISSISSIPPI. THE MURDER OF OUR BROTHERS IS NOTHING... |
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IT'S INTERESTING BECAUSE I'M TRYING TO PUT IT IN A BROADER CONTEXT. YOU KNOW, WILLIE FRANCIS BROUGHT... |
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I'M GLAD YOU MENTIONED THAT POINT, AND IN TERMS OF JUSTICE, WHAT WAS THE EDUCATIONAL ATTAINMENT OF... |
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RIGHT, WELL, WITH WILLIE A PARTICULAR, AT THE TIME THE SCHOOLS FOR BLACKS IN ST. MARTINSVILLE ONLY... |
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TO START THE BOOK TALKING ABOUT THE CURSE. |
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THE CURSE, YEAH. |
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AND AFTER INTERACTIONS WITH THE RESIDENTS OF ST. MARTINSVILLE PARISH, AND TALKS TO THE OLDER GROUP,... |
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WELL, I'VE BEEN DOWN HERE FOR A WEEK. I HAD A TORNADO AND A TRAIN BLOCK THE TRAFFIC. [LAUGHTER] I'M... |
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THERE'S A GREAT CHANGE DUE TO THE FACT OF THIS CASE AND ONE OTHER FACT, WHAT WAS THE CONNECTION WITH... |
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WELL, OKAY. THE CONNECTION IS WHEN I TALK ABOUT THESE GREAT NAMES AND CIVIL RIGHTS COMING TOGETHER... |
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-- THE FIRST EXECUTION? |
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IT'S INTERESTING, THE VERY END WHEN WILLIE FRANCIS, THE CASE WHEN THEY FIND OUT THAT WILLEY IS DRUNK,... |
NOTE: The transcript for this program was compiled from uncorrected Closed Captioning.
