Deaths in Custody
Executed

Aaron Nappier

41 years old · died July 19, 1946 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Aaron Nappier, a 41-year-old Black man, was in the custody of the State of Georgia when he was put to death in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on July 19, 1946, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's historical record lists the manner of death as homicide, carried out as a judicial execution.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Georgia Department of Corrections (the agency that held him). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held him.

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