Deaths in Custody
Executed

R. Charlie Gifford

72 years old · died February 21, 1951 · Florida

R. Charlie Gifford, a 72-year-old man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on February 21, 1951, according to the Florida Department of Corrections execution list. The department records the manner of death as homicide and the cause as execution in the electric chair.

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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