Executed

Mack C. Lewis

died June 23, 1955 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Mack C. Lewis, a Black man, was executed by the State of Mississippi in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on June 23, 1955, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was held at the penitentiary under a sentence of death when the execution was carried out. The Department of Corrections recorded the execution as a homicide by the state.

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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