Deaths in Custody
Executed

Ellic Lee

died December 20, 1961 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Ellic Lee, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on December 20, 1961, according to the department's record.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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