Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jimmie L. Brown

30 years old · died July 6, 1953 · Florida

Jimmie L. Brown, a Black man aged 30, was put to death in the electric chair by the State of Florida on July 6, 1953, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department's execution list records the cause of death as execution in the electric chair and classifies the manner of death as homicide. The state carried out the execution while he was in its custody.

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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