Deaths in Custody
Executed

George Johnson

30 years old · died August 27, 1944 · Huntsville Prison, Walker County, Texas

George Johnson, 30, was executed by the State of Texas in the electric chair at the state penitentiary in Huntsville (now the Huntsville Unit) on August 27, 1944.

Cause of death, as reported: Executed by the state

Reported by: Texas Department of Criminal Justice (the agency that held them). The only account of how this person died comes from the agency that held them.

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