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Bernice Franklin
Bernice Franklin, a 17-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the state put him to death. According to the Georgia Department of Corrections' history of executions, he was executed in the electric chair at the prison on May 28, 1943. The department records the manner of death as homicide by 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.