Deaths in Custody
Executed

Sam Flowers

died January 9, 1925 · Arizona State Prison, Pinal County, Arizona

Sam Flowers, a Black man, was executed by hanging at the Arizona State Prison in Florence, Pinal County, on January 9, 1925. The Arizona Department of Corrections, Rehabilitation and Reentry lists the execution and its method. The listing gives no details of his age, family or work.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

News report