Miran Edgar Thompson

Miran Edgar Thompson
Born(1917-12-16)December 16, 1917
Union Church, Alabama, U.S.
DiedDecember 3, 1948(1948-12-03) (aged 30)
San Quentin State Prison, California, U.S.
Criminal statusExecuted by gas chamber
ConvictionsFederal
First degree murder of a federal employee
Kidnapping
Texas
Murder with malice
Criminal penaltyFederal
99 years imprisonment (kidnapping)
Death (murder)
Texas
Life imprisonment

Miran Edgar Thompson (December 16, 1917 – December 3, 1948) was an inmate of Alcatraz whose participation in an attempted escape on May 2, 1946, led to his execution in the gas chamber of San Quentin.

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