Deaths in Custody
Executed

G. W. James

54 years old · died October 29, 1943 · Florida

G. W. James, a Black man aged 54, was executed by the State of Florida in the electric chair on October 29, 1943. He was in state custody when he was executed. The Florida Department of Corrections' record classifies the manner of death as homicide.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Florida 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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