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Lacy Stewart

17 years old · died October 25, 1948 · Florida

Lacy Stewart, a 17-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 25, 1948, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. He was held in state custody under a sentence of death at the time. The Department of Corrections records the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution in the 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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