Executed

Robert Buchanan

died January 3, 1956 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

Robert Buchanan, a Black man, was executed in the gas chamber at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman, Sunflower County, on January 3, 1956, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department said the state carried out the execution at the prison. No further details about his life or family are given.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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