Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charles E. Pickens

39 years old · died May 11, 1994 · Arkansas

Charles E. Pickens, 39, was held in Arkansas state prison custody when the State of Arkansas executed him on May 11, 1994. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state. Official records list the manner of death as homicide, which the department reports as its own classification of the execution.

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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