Executed
Judge Ragland
Judge Ragland, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery, Alabama, on May 3, 1940, according to the Alabama Department of Corrections. The state's record lists the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution. The available source gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.