Jimmy Thompson (executioner) explained
Jimmy Thompson (c. 189512 October 1952[2]) was the Mississippi executioner active from 1940 to 1950. He executed around 55 people.[3] He had a number of tattoos. He used a portable electric chair and was paid $100 per execution.[4]
Notes and References
- Web site: Robert . Walsh. 2015-09-28. Death on Wheels – Mississippi's Travelling Executioner.. 20 November 2021. Crimescribe. en. Jimmy Thompson died in a traffic accident on October 12, 1952. He was a passenger in a pick-up truck when it crashed and Thompson was thrown from the vehicle, suffering fatal injuries. He was 56 years old when he died. He left a sister and five brothers, but no children of his own. His life and work later formed the basis for the movie ‘The Travelling Executioner’ starring Stacy Keach as Jonas Candide, a very-thinly veiled version of Thompson himself..
- Web site: MISSISSIPPI: Death on Wheels . https://web.archive.org/web/20081214162935/http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,802519,00.html . dead . December 14, 2008 . TIME . 1943-01-18 . 2012-03-09.
- Web site: Executions is the U.S. 1608-2002: The ESPY File . Death Penalty Information Center . 206-208. 20 November 2021.
- Book: LIFE - Google Books . 1940-10-07 . 2012-03-09.
