Executed
Jesse Starr
Jesse Starr, a 26-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 16, 1953, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's execution history records the execution and lists the cause as electrocution.
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.