Deaths in Custody
Executed

James W. Walker

30 years old · died December 14, 1936 · Florida

James W. Walker, who was 30, died on December 14, 1936, when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was in the custody of the State of Florida at the time of his death. The department records the cause of his death as execution in the electric chair.

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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