Deaths in Custody
Executed

George J. Shaughnessy

died July 13, 1934 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

George J. Shaughnessy was executed in the gas chamber at Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on July 13, 1934, according to the Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry. He was in the custody of the state at the prison when the execution took place. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide, with execution in the gas chamber as the cause.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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