Deaths in Custody
Executed

Joe L. Kennedy

died March 17, 1939 · Kilby Prison, Montgomery County, Alabama

Joe L. Kennedy was put to death in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on March 17, 1939, as recorded by the Alabama Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Alabama 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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