Deaths in Custody
Executed

Howard Jackson

44 years old · died April 15, 1955 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Howard Jackson, a 44-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 15, 1955, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's record lists the death as an execution by the state.

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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