Executed
William Grady Cochran
William Grady Cochran, 37, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on April 13, 1956. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the state's record of executions, lists his death as an execution carried out by the state. He was in the custody of the prison when the execution took place.
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.