John Abraham Rutledge
John Rutledge, 30, died on April 27, 2012, at St. Clair Correctional Facility in Alabama, where he was held. The Birmingham News, as cited by the Equal Justice Initiative, reported that he was found strangled to death in his cell. Prison officials said his death was a homicide by strangulation and counted it among the killings of people held at the prison over the previous seven months. Both reports describe his death as a homicide.
Cause of death, as reported: Killed by another person in custody. The Birmingham News reported he was found strangled in his cell, and prison officials counted his death among inmate killings in the past seven months.
Reported by: St. Clair Correctional Facility prison officials (the agency that held him); Birmingham News (via EJI) (reporters).
Custody: Serving a sentence.