Executed
John Louis Evans III
John Evans was executed in the electric chair at Holman Correctional Facility in Atmore, Alabama, on April 22, 1983, the first execution in the state after the U.S. Supreme Court allowed capital punishment to resume. The Alabama Department of Corrections recorded the execution as carried out. Eyewitnesses reported flames and sparks during the first jolt, and officials sent additional current through his body before he died. His attorney said he was burned alive.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him); eyewitnesses; his attorney.
Custody: Serving a sentence.