Executed
Jimmie L. Thomas
Jimmie L. Thomas, a 35-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on January 19, 1959, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution records. He was held in state custody under the Florida Department of Corrections at the time of his death. The Department of Corrections records the manner of death as homicide, which is the state's own classification of the execution.
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.