Executed
Buster Shaw
Buster Shaw, a 20-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on October 16, 1942, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the execution carried out by the state. The department's record gives no details about his family, work, or the people who knew him.
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.