Executed

Herman Barwicks

28 years old · died February 20, 1956 · Florida

Herman Barwicks, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on February 20, 1956. The Florida Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out by the state's prison system. The department classifies the manner of death as homicide.

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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