Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jeff Henley

20 years old · died January 24, 1947 · Arkansas

Jeff Henley, a 20-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 24, 1947, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the cause as execution.

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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