Deaths in Custody
Executed

Harry Simpson

34 years old · died October 20, 1933 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Harry Simpson, a 34-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on October 20, 1933, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections.

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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