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Melvin Johnson

Name:: Melvin Johnson
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 120137
State:: Florida
Date Execution:: 1928-09-04
Age:: 26
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Rape
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Miami-Dade
County FIPS Code:: 12086
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