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Died in prison

Donald Demag

32 years old · died December 8, 1954 · Vermont State Prison, Windsor County, Vermont

Donald Demag, 32, died while held at Vermont State Prison in Windsor County, Vermont, on December 8, 1954. A news report gave the cause of death as an execution carried out by the state. The death was a judicial execution, the state's use of its own sentence while he was in its custody at the prison.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: news report.

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