Deaths in Custody
Executed

David Johnson

37 years old · died December 20, 2000 · Arkansas

David Johnson, a 37-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on December 20, 2000, while in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections is the only source for this death, and it records the execution as the cause of death. The source gives no information about his family, work, or how he was regarded by others.

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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