Executed
Melvin Johnson
Melvin Johnson, a Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on September 4, 1928, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The state's record gives his manner of death as homicide and names 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.