Executed
Joe Porter
Joe Porter, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on January 2, 1948, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The Department of Corrections lists the manner of death as homicide by state 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.