Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jimmy Richardson

32 years old · died June 24, 1954 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Jimmy Richardson, 32, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on June 24, 1954.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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