Deaths in Custody
Executed

Refugio Macias

died March 7, 1930 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Refugio Macias was executed by the State of Arizona by hanging at Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on March 7, 1930. He was in the custody of the state at the prison when the execution was carried out. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists the cause as execution by hanging and classes the death as a homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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