Deaths in Custody
Executed

William Biggers

36 years old · died January 16, 1931 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

William Biggers, a 36-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville on January 16, 1931, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections. The state's execution record classifies the death as a homicide by the state.

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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