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John Jr Lavan

Name:: John Jr Lavan
Record Type:: Documented
Espy File Record:: true
Espy File ID:: 480750
State:: Texas
Date Execution:: 1963-03-31
Age:: 23
Gender Assigned:: Male
Race:: Black
Crime Convicted of:: Murder-Burglary
Enslaved:: false
Compensation Case:: false
Execution Method:: Electrocution
Jurisdiction:: State
County:: Harris
County FIPS Code:: 48201
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