Executed

Joseph D. Burns

died July 21, 2010 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Joseph D. Burns was executed by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on July 21, 2010, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department's record classifies the death as an execution carried out under state sentence. The source gives no information about his family, his life, or any objections raised before the execution.

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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