Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert E Calhoun

31 years old · died December 18, 1953 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Robert E. Calhoun, a 31-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Georgia, on December 18, 1953. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as carried out by the State of Georgia. He was held at the prison at the time of his death.

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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