Deaths in Custody
Executed

Sam Gower

42 years old · died July 13, 1928 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Sam Gower, a 42-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on July 13, 1928. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the record of executions in the state, lists the death as a judicial execution by the state. The available source gives no further details about his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

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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