Deaths in Custody
Executed

James Willie Morgan

18 years old · died January 7, 1955 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

James Willie Morgan, 18, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on January 7, 1955, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as homicide by lawful 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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