Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Moore

18 years old · died May 13, 1960 · Arkansas

James Moore was 18 years old when the State of Arkansas executed him on May 13, 1960, according to records kept by the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's record lists him as a Black man held in state prison custody under a sentence of death. The record gives no details of his family, his work, or what people remembered about him.

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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