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Monroe Hasty

17 years old · died September 16, 1935 · Florida

Monroe Hasty was 17 years old and Black when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on September 16, 1935. According to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list, the cause of death was execution in the electric chair. The department classifies the manner of death as homicide.

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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