Deaths in Custody
Executed

Mell Gore

22 years old · died June 3, 1927 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Mell Gore, 22, was held at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, and was executed in the electric chair there on June 3, 1927, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's record lists his manner of death as homicide, the legal term for a judicial execution. The available account gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

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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