Executed

John E. Wiggins

died June 20, 1955 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

John E. Wiggins died on June 20, 1955, when the State of Mississippi executed him in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Sunflower County. He was held at that prison in the custody of the Mississippi Department of Corrections, which reports the execution. The department lists the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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