Henry Curtis Jackson

Death Penalty Information Center Info

Date of Execution: 06/05/2012

  • Age: 47

  • Race: Black

  • State: Mississippi

  • Region: South

  • Method: Lethal Injection

  • Sex: Male

  • DPIC ID: 1296

  • County: Leflore County

via Death Penalty Information Center

Brief Case History

Henry Curtis Jackson was tried for, and found guilty of, four counts of capital murder, two counts of aggravated assault, and one count of armed robbery. Jackson’s trial began on September 9th, 1991 and he was found guilty on September 14th. He was sentenced to death for the four capital murder charges.

Jackson and his legal team made a direct appeal, which was denied, before filing both a petition for post-conviction relief and an application for leave to file motion to vacate conviction and/or death sentence in 2002. Both petition and application were denied by the Circuit Court of Leflore County and the Supreme Court of Mississippi, respectively.

via HENRY CURTIS JACKSON, JR.v.STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (NO. 98-DR-00708-SCT), HENRY CURTIS JACKSON, JR.v.STATE OF MISSISSIPPI (NO. 91-DP-01190-SCT).

Image of WAPT story on the executions of Jan Brawner, Henry Jackson, and Gary Simmons. The three inmates were executed less than twenty days apart.