Executed
James Turner
James Turner, a 27-year-old Black man, was in the custody of Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when he died on June 8, 1956. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that he was executed in the electric chair at the prison. The department's execution history classifies the manner of his death as homicide.
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.