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Henry "Curtis" Jackson Jr.

47 years old · died June 5, 2012 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Henry Curtis Jackson Jr., 47, was executed by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary at Parchman on June 5, 2012, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. On the day of his execution he received visits from relatives, and his sisters Regina Jackson and Glenda Kuyoro and her husband Andrew Kuyoro asked Governor Phil Bryant to spare his life. Bryant declined to grant clemency, saying he had a duty to see that justice was carried out. After the execution, his sister Regina Jackson said, "I forgave my brother. I love my brother."

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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