# Burial

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burial/225683>\
**Category:** Factual Questions\
**Created:** [January 23, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burial/225683 "2004-01-23T00:26:54Z")\
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**Author:** ![TwungTister](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/t/bbce88/32.png) [@TwungTister](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/TwungTister)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 12:26am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burial/225683/1 "2004-01-23T00:26:54Z")

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(Dear Cecil)

How and where are executed prisoners buried?  
T.T.

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**Author:** ![Doctor\_Jackson](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/doctor_jackson/32/32_2.png) [@Doctor\_Jackson](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Doctor_Jackson)\
**Post date:** [January 23, 2004, 3:54pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/burial/225683/2 "2004-01-23T15:54:19Z")

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The body of the executed prisoner is turned over to his family for burial. If no family is known, the prisoner is buried by the state (with minimal coffin and ceremony) in a “pauper’s” grave.