Lee County Executions

 

NAME

AGE

RACE

SEX

OCCUPATION

CRIME

METHOD

DATE

Spivey, James

 

White

Male

?

Murder-Rape

Electrocution

May

23

1930

Wallace, Harvey

32

Black

Male

Laborer

Murder-Robbery

Electrocution

Dec

16

1932

Williams, Burnett

 

Black

Male

?

Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

Jan

26

1945

Mays, Edward

 

Black

Male

?

Murder-Rape

Asphyxiation-Gas

Nov

2

1945

 

 

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Source: This page developed from materials originally featured on

"Before the Needles"  online  2002 - 2009 which read as follows:

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Rob Gallagher

This page was developed from the data file "Executions in the United States, 1608-1987: The ESPY File", Espy, M. Watt, and John Ortiz Smykla, Principal Investigators. Funded by the National Science Foundation. This dataset represents the most complete list of executions in the United States compiled to date

 

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