Deaths in Custody
Executed

Carl J. Folk

died March 4, 1955 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Carl J. Folk was executed in the gas chamber at Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on March 4, 1955, as stated by the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the category used for judicial executions. The record reports no objections to the execution.

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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