Deaths in Custody
Executed

Guiseppe Zangara

33 years old · died March 20, 1933 · Florida

Guiseppe Zangara, a 33-year-old man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on March 20, 1933. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out under state authority. He was held in state custody until the day he died.

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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