Deaths in Custody
Executed

Herman Lee Miller

18 years old · died June 15, 1954 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Herman Lee Miller, an 18-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on June 15, 1954, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the manner of death as homicide by 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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