Deaths in Custody
Executed

Worth Roberson

22 years old · died March 23, 1942 · Florida

Worth Roberson was 22 years old when the State of Florida executed him in the electric chair on March 23, 1942. He was in state custody at the time. The Florida Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution in the electric chair and classifies its manner as homicide.

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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