Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charles E Martin

24 years old · died October 16, 1942 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Charles E. Martin, 24, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on October 16, 1942. He was held in the custody of the prison when he died. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as carried out by the state.

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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