Executed

Leo Edwards

died June 21, 1989 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Leo Edwards, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on June 21, 1989, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was held in the custody of the state at the time of his death. The department's record does not say anything about his family, work, or life before his execution. No objections to his execution are recorded in the source material.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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