Deaths in Custody
Executed

Doyal Scott

30 years old · died February 5, 1954 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Doyal Scott, 30, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on February 5, 1954. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as a judicial execution by the state. The available record gives no further detail about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

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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