Deaths in Custody
Executed

Samuel Bowens

23 years old · died August 28, 1953 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Samuel Bowens, 23, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on August 28, 1953. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the death as a judicial execution carried out by the State of Georgia.

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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