Deaths in Custody
Executed

E. C. Daniels

49 years old · died August 28, 1959 · Florida

E. C. Daniels, a 49-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on August 28, 1959, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department's execution list records the manner of death as homicide. Daniels was in the custody of the State of Florida at the time of the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida 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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