Deaths in Custody
Executed

Robert Williams

20 years old · died October 23, 1943 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Robert Williams, 20, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on October 23, 1943, while held in the custody of the State of Georgia. The Georgia Department of Corrections, in its published history of executions in the state, records the date, place and method. The execution was carried out by the state, which the official record lists as the manner of 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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