Deaths in Custody
Executed

Oscar L Ford

21 years old · died October 10, 1947 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Oscar L. Ford, 21, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on October 10, 1947, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the death as a homicide carried out 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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