Deaths in Custody
Executed

Leo Scarber

59 years old · died September 21, 1956 · Arkansas

Leo Scarber was 59 years old when the State of Arkansas executed him on September 21, 1956. The Arkansas Department of Corrections lists the cause of death as execution. The department classifies the manner of death as homicide.

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.

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