Deaths in Custody
Executed

William J. Mitchell

died March 22, 2012 · Mississippi State Penitentiary, Sunflower County, Mississippi

William J. Mitchell was executed by lethal injection at the Mississippi State Penitentiary in Parchman on March 22, 2012, according to the Mississippi Department of Corrections. The department's records give the date, place and method of the execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Mississippi 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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