Deaths in Custody
Executed

Norman Williams

28 years old · died May 15, 1942 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Norman Williams, 28, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections records that he was executed in the electric chair there on May 15, 1942. The department's historical record is the only source for his death, and it lists the death as a homicide by execution.

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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