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John Albert Jones Jr.
John Albert Jones Jr. was 17 years old and Black. He was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on September 12, 1949, while in state custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections reported his death as a 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.