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James King

69 years old · died July 31, 2013 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

James D. King, 69, died on July 31, 2013, while held on North Carolina's death row at Central Prison in Raleigh. The state Department of Adult Correction and state public safety officials said he died of natural causes, and the report gives no further details about his health or the circumstances of his death. Records compiled by UCLA Law Behind Bars list the same date and facility.

Cause of death, as reported: Died of illness

Reported by: North Carolina Department of Adult Correction (the agency that held him); state public safety officials. The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

Custody: Serving a sentence.

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