Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Spivey

died May 23, 1930 · Central Prison, Wake County, North Carolina

James Spivey was executed by the State of North Carolina in the electric chair at Central Prison in Raleigh on May 23, 1930.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

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