Deaths in Custody
Executed

Andrew L. Smith

died May 2, 1952 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Andrew L. Smith, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 2, 1952. The Alabama Department of Corrections records the state as carrying out the execution at that facility. The record lists the cause as execution. Smith's family, work, and the people who knew him are not described in the available account.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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