Deaths in Custody
Executed

Oscar Reed

26 years old · died April 28, 1944 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Oscar Reed, 26, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on April 28, 1944, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, a judicial execution carried out while he was held in the custody of the prison. The record contains nothing further about his life or family.

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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