Executed
Lawrence Smith
Lawrence Smith was 18 years old when the State of Arkansas executed him on July 24, 1959, according to the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's record lists his death as an execution in state custody, and it classifies the manner of death as homicide. The record describes him as a Black man.
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.