Deaths in Custody
Executed

Luther Jackson

died May 11, 1934 · Arkansas

Luther Jackson, a Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on May 11, 1934, according to a record from the Arkansas Department of Corrections. At the time of his death he was held in state custody, and the department's record lists the manner of death as homicide. The record lists the cause as execution.

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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