Deaths in Custody
Executed

John Washington Jr.

25 years old · died June 4, 1951 · Florida

John Washington Jr. was 25 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on June 4, 1951. The Florida Department of Corrections lists his execution in its published execution records and classes the manner of death as homicide. The department's list gives his name, age, date and method of death, and no other details about him are recorded there.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida 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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