Deaths in Custody
Executed

Jesse R McKethan

22 years old · died August 2, 1946 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Jesse R. McKethan, 22, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on August 2, 1946, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections, which lists the death as a state execution. The department's record gives no details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his time in custody.

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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