Deaths in Custody
Executed

Rufus Johnson

20 years old · died October 26, 1936 · Florida

Rufus Johnson, a 20-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair by the State of Florida on October 26, 1936. At the time he was in the custody of the Florida state prison system, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution records. The Department's record lists the manner of death as homicide. No objections to the execution are reported in the records used for this account.

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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