Deaths in Custody
Executed

B.W.L. Sam

died June 22, 1928 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

B.W.L. Sam, a man of Asian descent, was executed by hanging at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on June 22, 1928. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists the death as an execution carried out by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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