Executed
Lem DuPree
Lem DuPree, a Black man, was 59 years old when the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on September 16, 1957. The Georgia Department of Corrections records his death as an execution carried out by the state while he was held at the prison. He died in the custody of the prison, and the state's account of his death is the only one recorded 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.