Deaths in Custody
Executed

Caphus Johnson

died February 12, 1926 · Arkansas

Caphus Johnson, a Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on February 12, 1926. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state. He was in the custody of the state prison system when he died.

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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