Executed

Paul Everette Woodward

62 years old · died October 20, 2023 · Parchman State Prison, Mississippi

Paul Everette Woodward, 62, was executed by lethal injection at Parchman on the night of October 20, 2023. He had been held at Parchman since 1987. His execution was one of two back-to-back executions Mississippi had scheduled, the first in the state in about 50 years.

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.

News report

Second death row inmate to die tonight The Mississippi Link, October 21, 2023

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