Executed
Leverett Forrest
Leverett Forrest, a Black man, was held in the custody of the Alabama Department of Corrections at Kilby Prison in Montgomery. On May 9, 1952, the State of Alabama executed him in the electric chair there. The Department of Corrections records the death as an execution.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.