Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur Burton

44 years old · died August 7, 2024 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Arthur Burton, a Black person aged 44, was executed by the State of Texas by lethal injection on August 7, 2024, at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Walker County. Arthur Burton had been held at the Huntsville Unit, a state prison, in the custody of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice until the execution. The Texas Department of Criminal Justice recorded the death in its list of executions, with the manner given as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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