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Willie B. Clay

16 years old · died December 29, 1941 · Florida

Willie B. Clay was 16 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on December 29, 1941, according to the Florida Department of Corrections' execution list. The department lists the manner of his death as homicide and gives no details about his family, his life, or the circumstances of his time in custody. He was held in state custody under a death sentence when he was executed.

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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