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Earnest Johnson

21 years old · died August 5, 1932 · Huntsville Unit, Walker County, Texas

Earnest Johnson, 21, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on August 5, 1932.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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