Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charles Fields

30 years old · died January 24, 1964 · Arkansas

Charles Fields, a 30-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 24, 1964. The Arkansas Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution carried out at a state prison, where he was in state custody. The department's record identifies the cause of death as the execution itself.

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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