Deaths in Custody
Executed

Joseph L. Ezzell

42 years old · died January 21, 1957 · Florida

Joseph L. Ezzell, a 42-year-old man, was held in the custody of the State of Florida. The Florida Department of Corrections reports that he was executed in the electric chair on January 21, 1957. The department lists the cause as execution by electric chair.

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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