Deaths in Custody
Executed

John Wallace

54 years old · died November 3, 1950 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

John Wallace, a 54-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia, on November 3, 1950, after being held there under sentence. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death as a judicial execution carried out by the State of Georgia. The record offers no details about his family, work, or life beyond his name, age, and the date and place of his death.

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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