Deaths in Custody
Executed

Junior Moore

25 years old · died April 20, 1949 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Junior Moore, a 25-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 20, 1949, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The state's execution record is the only source for this death, and it gives no further detail about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case. The record lists the manner of death as homicide, which is the state's legal classification of an execution. No source in this account disputes the execution or describes any other events during his custody.

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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