Deaths in Custody
Executed

Paul Crumpler

29 years old · died September 18, 1928 · Florida

Paul Crumpler, a 29-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on September 18, 1928, according to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list. The department records the manner of death as homicide, which is its own official classification.

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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