Deaths in Custody
Executed

Mack James

29 years old · died May 11, 1934 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Mack James, 29, was a Black man executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on May 11, 1934, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections, which records the execution in its history of executions in the state. The source gives no information about his family, work, or life beyond his age and race.

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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