Deaths in Custody
Executed

Sandy Edwards

63 years old · died September 24, 1937 · Arkansas

Sandy Edwards, a 63-year-old man, was executed by the State of Arkansas on September 24, 1937. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution, carried out while he was in state custody. Its records classify the death as a homicide by the state.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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