Executed
James Lawson
James Lawson, a 26-year-old Black man, was held in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's execution record states that the State of Arkansas executed him on July 31, 1931. The department classifies the manner of death as homicide, the state carrying out a sentence of death.
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.