Deaths in Custody
Executed

Bill Barnes

20 years old · died September 28, 1935 · Arkansas

Bill Barnes was 20 years old when the State of Arkansas executed him on September 28, 1935, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. He was held in a state prison, and the department lists the cause of his death as execution. The department's record gives the manner of death as homicide. No objections to the execution are reported.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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