Deaths in Custody
Executed

David Ray Duren

died January 7, 2000 · Holman Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

David Ray Duren was put to death in the electric chair at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore on January 7, 2000, while in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department's execution record lists the cause of death as execution and the manner as homicide. The execution was carried out by the State of Alabama.

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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