Deaths in Custody
Executed

Red Lamar Nunn

43 years old · died August 13, 1948 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Red Lamar Nunn, a 43-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 13, 1948, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department's history of executions in Georgia records the execution as carried out by the state while he was held at the prison.

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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