Executed
Paul Wright
Paul Wright, a 19-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, Georgia. On January 22, 1954, the State of Georgia executed him in the electric chair at the prison, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections' published history of executions. The department lists the manner of death as homicide, the classification it uses for executions.
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.