Deaths in Custody
Executed

Benny Joe Stevens

died May 10, 2011 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Benny Joe Stevens was executed by lethal injection by the State of Mississippi at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on May 10, 2011, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the legal classification it uses for executions.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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