Deaths in Custody
Executed

Byron Ashley Parker

41 years old · died December 11, 2001 · Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison, Butts County, Georgia

Byron Ashley Parker, 41, was executed by lethal injection by the State of Georgia on December 11, 2001, at the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Butts County. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as an execution, which it classifies as a homicide carried out by the state. A 2019 WSB-TV report covered the 1984 case that led to his 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.

News reports (2)