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Bertrand DeBlanc

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Bertrand DeBlanc

Birth
Saint Martinville, St. Martin Parish, Louisiana, USA
Death
2 Sep 1992 (aged 81)
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA
Burial
Lafayette, Lafayette Parish, Louisiana, USA GPS-Latitude: 30.2024994, Longitude: -92.0441971
Plot
St. Bernard Mausoleum
Memorial ID
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He defended Willie Francis after the botched first execution. It is quite ironic - his grandfather started the Knights of the White Camellia - an organization similar to the Klan.

--and he became to deeply care for and believed in Francis' innocence. There is a book on the subject by Gilbert King.
He defended Willie Francis after the botched first execution. It is quite ironic - his grandfather started the Knights of the White Camellia - an organization similar to the Klan.

--and he became to deeply care for and believed in Francis' innocence. There is a book on the subject by Gilbert King.


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