Executed
Willie E. Bynum
Willie E. Bynum, a Black man, was executed by the State of Alabama in the electric chair at Kilby Prison in Montgomery on April 17, 1936. The Alabama Department of Corrections lists the death as an execution, and its records classify the manner of death as homicide. He was held at Kilby Prison in the custody of the state when the execution was carried out.
Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state
Reported by: Alabama Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.