Deaths in Custody
Executed

Woodie Williams

died July 14, 1933 · Arkansas

Woodie Williams was a Black man who was held in the custody of the Arkansas Department of Corrections. The department's execution record states that the State of Arkansas executed him on July 14, 1933. The record lists the manner of death as homicide, as claimed by the department itself.

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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