Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lee Clark

30 years old · died October 19, 1936 · Florida

Lee Clark, a 30-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 19, 1936. The Florida Department of Corrections recorded his death as a homicide carried out by the state. The record gives no details about his family, his work, or what others remembered about him.

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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