Executed
Eli Griffin
Eli Griffin, a 42-year-old man, was put to death in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 17, 1952. The Georgia Department of Corrections, in its history of executions in Georgia, records the death as an execution carried out by the state. That record lists the manner of death as homicide. Griffin was held in the custody of the prison at the time of his death.
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.