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Charlie Dodson

17 years old · died January 21, 1935 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Charlie Dodson, a 17-year-old Black boy, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on January 21, 1935. He was held in the custody of the prison, and the Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as an execution carried out by the state. The available account contains no information about his family, work, or what people remembered of 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.

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