Deaths in Custody
Executed

Edward Kennedy

47 years old · died July 21, 1992 · Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida

Edward Kennedy, a 47-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison in Raiford on July 21, 1992. The Florida Department of Corrections, which carried out the execution, records the manner of death as homicide. The execution was carried out by the state while he was held under a sentence at the prison.

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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