Deaths in Custody
Executed

George Watt

21 years old · died August 11, 1961 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

George Watt, 21, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 11, 1961, by the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections lists his death as an execution in its history of executions in the state. The record gives no details of his family or background, and it notes no dispute over the execution.

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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