Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charlie Smith

died May 26, 1950 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Charlie Smith, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 26, 1950, by the State of Alabama. The Alabama Department of Corrections records the death as an execution. The available record gives no details about his age, family, or work.

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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