Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert C. Gleason Jr.

died September 18, 2019 · Greensville Correctional Center, Jarratt, Virginia

Robert C. Gleason Jr. was executed in the electric chair at Greensville Correctional Center in Jarratt, Virginia, on September 18, 2019. He had chosen electrocution as the method of his execution. He was held at the prison in the custody of the Commonwealth of Virginia until his death.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Virginia 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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