Deaths in Custody
Executed

Claude Hicks

27 years old · died May 15, 1934 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Claude Hicks, 27, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on May 15, 1934, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution history lists the manner of death as homicide carried out by the state. The available source gives no further details about his life or family.

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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