Deaths in Custody
Executed

Abraham Beard

18 years old · died November 8, 1954 · Florida

Abraham Beard was 18 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on November 8, 1954. The Florida Department of Corrections, whose execution list records his death, describes the manner as homicide by execution in the electric chair. He was in the custody of the State of Florida at the time of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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