Deaths in Custody
Executed

Eugene Pittman

28 years old · died August 20, 1943 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Eugene Pittman, a 28-year-old Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 20, 1943. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as carried out by the state. The source gives no information about his family, work, or life beyond his name, age, and the date and place 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.

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