Deaths in Custody
Executed

Albert Smithwick

26 years old · died July 28, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Albert Smithwick, 26, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on July 28, 1945. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists the death as a state 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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