Deaths in Custody
Executed

Charlie Rucker

18 years old · died December 9, 1938 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Charlie Rucker was 18 years old when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on December 9, 1938, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, where the execution took place. The Department of Corrections lists his manner of death as homicide, 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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