Deaths in Custody
Executed

J. House

24 years old · died October 23, 1959 · Arkansas

J. House, a 24-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on October 23, 1959. He was held at a state prison at the time of his death. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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