Deaths in Custody
Executed

Thomas M. Thompson

43 years old · died July 14, 1998 · San Quentin State Prison, Marin County, California

Thomas M. Thompson, 43, was executed by lethal injection at San Quentin State Prison in Marin County, California, on July 14, 1998, while held in the custody of the state. The California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation lists the manner of his death as homicide and the cause as execution by lethal injection. The department's record is the account of his death set out here.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

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

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