Deaths in Custody
Executed

William Golden

23 years old · died April 18, 1958 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

William Golden, a 23-year-old man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 18, 1958. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution and classifies the death as a homicide by the state. The record gives no account of his family, work, or circumstances beyond his name, age, and the date and place of his death.

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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