Deaths in Custody
Executed

Edward Thompson

25 years old · died August 19, 1944 · Florida

Edward Thompson was 25 years old. He was held in the custody of the Florida Department of Corrections, which records that he was executed in the electric chair on August 19, 1944. The department's execution list gives this as the cause and manner of his death.

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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