Executed

J.C. Cameron

died May 28, 1958 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

J.C. Cameron, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on May 28, 1958, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was held in the custody of the state prison system at the time of his death. The department's record lists the cause of death as execution in the gas chamber and classifies the death as a homicide by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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