Executed

O.C. McNair

died February 17, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

O.C. McNair was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Sunflower County, on February 17, 1956, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. He was held in the custody of the state prison at the time. The department's records are the only source describing his death, and they report 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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