Deaths in Custody
Executed

Kirk Wainright

42 years old · died January 8, 1997 · Arkansas

Kirk Wainright, a 42-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on January 8, 1997. The Arkansas Department of Corrections recorded his death as an execution carried out while he was in state custody. Officials classed the manner of death as homicide by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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