Executed
John Thomas Russell
John Thomas Russell, a 27-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 20, 1943. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death in its history of executions in Georgia and classifies the manner of death as homicide. The department's record describes the execution as carried out by the state, and no other account of the circumstances is attributed to a source here.
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.