Deaths in Custody
Executed

Sweetie Bryant Jr.

29 years old · died October 10, 1947 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Sweetie Bryant Jr., a 29-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on October 10, 1947, as recorded by the Georgia Department of Corrections. The department lists the death as a judicial execution by the state. The available account contains nothing about his family or work. No dispute about the execution appears in this source.

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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