Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Riley

died April 12, 1946 · Arkansas

Willie Riley was executed by the State of Arkansas on April 12, 1946. The Arkansas Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out while he was in state custody. The department lists the manner of his death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Arkansas 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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