Executed
Amos Reese
Amos Reese, a 25-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on January 4, 1957, while in the custody of the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections, in its history of executions in Georgia, records the death and lists its manner as homicide. The state's record gives this account, and no source given here disputes how the execution was carried out.
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.