Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charlie Johnson

27 years old · died September 21, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Charlie Johnson, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on September 21, 1945, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.

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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