Deaths in Custody
Executed

Newton C. Slawson

48 years old · died May 16, 2003 · Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida

Newton C. Slawson, 48, was executed by the State of Florida at Florida State Prison in Raiford on May 16, 2003. The Florida Department of Corrections records his death as an execution and lists the manner as homicide. The state's account is the only account of his death in this record, and no objections to the execution are reported.

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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