Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jesse Craiton

23 years old · died November 9, 1945 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Jesse Craiton, 23, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 9, 1945, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. He was held at the prison when the state carried out the execution. The Department of Corrections lists his death as an 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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