# 1981 answer concerning execution by electrocution **URL:** \ **Category:** Cecil's Columns/Staff Reports\ **Created:** [November 10, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1981-answer-concerning-execution-by-electrocution/330463 "2005-11-10T20:08:09Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 2\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Mackeath](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/bbce88/32.png) [@Mackeath](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Mackeath)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1981-answer-concerning-execution-by-electrocution/330463/1 "2005-11-10T20:08:09Z")
Cecil indicated he could not think of anyone offhand who had survived electrocution. Willie Francis surived in 1946 and after an appeal about the fairness of executing someone twice, was taken to the electric chair again a year later. This time it worked and he was executed. His comments on it indicated it made his mouth taste like cold peanut butter and he felt burning in his leg and head where the electrodes were attached. What a thing that would be, having to go through it twice knowing what would happen the second time? James ---
**Author:** ![bibliophage](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bibliophage/32/7615_2.png) [@bibliophage](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/bibliophage)\ **Post date:** [November 10, 2005, 8:21pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/1981-answer-concerning-execution-by-electrocution/330463/2 "2005-11-10T20:21:24Z")
Welcome to the SDMB, **Mackeath**. When commenting on one of Cecil’s columns, it is appreciated if you could provide a link to the same. Doing so can be as simple as pasting the URL into your post, making sure to leave a blank space on either side of it. Like so: [http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1\_219.html](http://www.straightdope.com/classics/a1_219.html)