Deaths in Custody
Executed

Thomas Black

28 years old · died March 10, 1950 · Arkansas

Thomas Black, 28, was executed by the State of Arkansas on March 10, 1950, while held in state prison custody. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records the cause as execution and the manner as homicide. The source record contains no objections to the execution.

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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