Deaths in Custody
Executed

Clay King Smith

31 years old · died May 8, 2001 · Arkansas

Clay King Smith, a 31-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on May 8, 2001. He was in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Correction, which lists his death as an execution. The department classifies the manner of his death as homicide.

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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