Executed

Mack Drake

died November 7, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Mack Drake, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on November 7, 1956, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department's listing gives the method and date of the execution. They also record no objections to the execution.

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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