Executed

Pleas Dixon

31 years old · died October 29, 1945 · Florida

Pleas Dixon, a 31-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 29, 1945, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. The department lists the cause of death as electrocution and classifies the manner of death as homicide, the category it uses for executions. Dixon's death took place in state custody.

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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