Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Dickerson

19 years old · died May 29, 1936 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

Willie Dickerson, 19, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on May 29, 1936.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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