Executed
Johnnie Burns
Johnnie Burns, a 22-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 22, 1946, by the State of Georgia, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the legal term for the state's 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.