Deaths in Custody
Executed

Ronald Straight

42 years old · died May 20, 1986 · Florida State Prison, Bradford County, Florida

Ronald Straight, a 42-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Florida State Prison in Raiford on May 20, 1986. The Florida Department of Corrections lists the cause of death as execution by the state, carried out while he was held in its custody. The department's record classifies his death as a homicide.

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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