Deaths in Custody
Executed

Lauren Porter

38 years old · died April 25, 1947 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Lauren Porter, 38, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair on April 25, 1947, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department classifies the death as a homicide carried out under state authority. No objections to the execution are reported.

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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