Deaths in Custody
Executed

Arthur L. Grimes

died April 23, 1954 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Arthur L. Grimes, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on April 23, 1954, by the State of Alabama, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections.

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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