Deaths in Custody
Executed

Roosevelt Moore

26 years old · died August 15, 1947 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Roosevelt Moore, 26, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 15, 1947, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The state's execution history lists the death as carried out by the State of Georgia, the only claim made about the circumstances. The source does not record any objections to the execution.

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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