Deaths in Custody
Executed

Horace Franklin JR Dunkins

died July 14, 1989 · Holman Correctional Facility, Escambia County, Alabama

Horace Franklin Dunkins Jr., a Black man, was held in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Escambia County. The department reports that he was executed in the electric chair at the facility on July 14, 1989. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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