Deaths in Custody
Executed

Marcus C. Powell

50 years old · died July 12, 1937 · Florida

Marcus C. Powell, a 50-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on July 12, 1937. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the death as an execution, and its record gives no facility, city or county.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida 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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