Deaths in Custody
Executed

Frank Johnson

died June 4, 1943 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Frank Johnson, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on June 4, 1943, by the State of Alabama. The Alabama Department of Corrections records his death as an execution. The available record includes no details about his family, work, or the circumstances of his case.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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