Executed
James Toler
James Toler, 39, a Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on March 19, 1957, while held there under sentence. The Georgia Department of Corrections, whose execution history records his death, lists the manner 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.