Executed
James Fisher
James Fisher, 27, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on February 9, 1940, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was in the custody of the state and held at the prison when he died. The department's execution history records the death as a homicide carried out 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.