Deaths in Custody
Executed

Sie Dawson

48 years old · died May 12, 1964 · Florida

Sie Dawson, a 48-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on May 12, 1964, according to the Florida Department of Corrections. He was held in the custody of the state prison system at the time of his death. The department's execution list records the cause as execution.

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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