Deaths in Custody
Executed

Durtis Robinson

died August 13, 1943 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Durtis Robinson, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on August 13, 1943, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as execution. The record includes no information about his family or work.

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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