Deaths in Custody
Executed

Herbert Harvey

21 years old · died October 23, 1928 · Florida

Herbert Harvey, a 21-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 23, 1928. The Florida Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution in state custody, with the cause recorded as execution in the electric chair. He was a Black man, and he is included in the department's execution lists for that year.

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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