Executed
Linwood Briley
Linwood Briley, a Black man, was executed by electrocution at the Virginia State Penitentiary in 1984. A large crowd gathered across the street that night, shouting racist slogans, while a small group held a candlelight vigil nearby. A relative of one of the victims later said she did not think killing was the answer.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Virginia State Penitentiary (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.