Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lee Hall

died December 5, 2019 · Riverbend Maximum Security Institution, Nashville, Tennessee

Lee Hall was executed by electrocution by the state of Tennessee on the evening of December 5, 2019, at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville. Sources say correctional officers kept him under around-the-clock observation in a room beside the execution chamber in the days before. After his appeals failed, the governor declined to intervene. Advocates held prayer vigils opposing the execution, and witnesses, including relatives of the victim, gave statements afterward.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: State of Tennessee (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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