Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert Alton Harris

39 years old · died April 21, 1992 · San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California

Robert Alton Harris, 39, was held in custody at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, and was executed in the gas chamber there on April 21, 1992. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation records his death as an execution carried out by the state. The department lists the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

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