Deaths in Custody
Executed

Curtis Wynn Jr.

20 years old · died August 18, 1950 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Curtis Wynn Jr., a 20-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on August 18, 1950, 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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