Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charles White

died June 9, 1939 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Charles White, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on June 9, 1939, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The record gives no further information about his life, family, or work. The state's account reports the execution itself and no disputed facts about the circumstances of his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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