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14 December 1983 – Robert W. Williams

Robert W. Williams was given the electric chair for murdering Willy Kelly.

Williams was put to death in 1983 aged roughly 32 – the first person to be executed in Louisiana since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.

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One Response to “14 December 1983 – Robert W. Williams”

  1. Fred Says:
    December 18 at 3:09 am

    Post mortem photographs of Williams’ deeply charred head were run in the Angolite newspaper after the execution.

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