Executed

James Baker

32 years old · died June 15, 1942 · Florida

James Baker was 32 years old and a Black man when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on June 15, 1942. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state. Its execution record lists 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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