Deaths in Custody
Executed

David Edwin Mason

36 years old · died August 24, 1993 · San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California

David Edwin Mason, 36, was executed in the gas chamber at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, on August 24, 1993, while in the custody of the state. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation, which keeps the record, lists the manner of death as homicide, the category it uses for executions. The source gives no details of his life or family, and it reports no objections to the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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