Deaths in Custody
Executed

George W. Scroggins

41 years old · died October 26, 1936 · Florida

George W. Scroggins, a 41-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 26, 1936, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. He was held in state custody as a sentenced prisoner at the time. The Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state, and no other account of his life or his final hours is available in these sources.

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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