Deaths in Custody
Executed

Herman Smith

36 years old · died April 5, 1935 · Florida

Herman Smith, a white man aged 36, was held in state prison custody in Florida. On April 5, 1935, the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair. The Florida Department of Corrections records the cause of death as execution in the electric chair, and lists the manner 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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