Executed
Peter Dorsey
Peter Dorsey, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on November 23, 1951. The Arkansas Department of Corrections lists the manner of his death as homicide, its classification for an execution. He was in the state's custody under a sentence when he died.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Arkansas Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.