Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jicy Crawford

28 years old · died March 23, 1942 · Florida

Jicy Crawford, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on March 23, 1942, according to the Florida Department of Corrections, which lists the manner of death as homicide. The department's execution list is the only source for this death, and it gives no information about the person's family, work, or life beyond the execution. It records no objections to the execution, and it does not name the facility where the execution took place.

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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