Deaths in Custody
Died in prison

Arthur Lee Giles

61 years old · died September 30, 2020 · Alabama

Arthur Lee Giles had spent more than four decades in Alabama's prisons, and his obituary remembered a man who tried to share love, hope, perseverance and faith with everyone he met there. He had lived with brain and lung cancer since 2018, according to that obituary. He died of pneumonia on September 30, 2020, at 61, still in the state's custody.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: Report; obituary.

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