Deaths in Custody
Executed

Edward Lee Green

23 years old · died June 1, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Edward Lee Green, a 23-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on June 1, 1945, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's history of executions records the death and gives no details of 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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