Deaths in Custody
Executed

William L Mims

38 years old · died March 22, 1940 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

William L. Mims, 38, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville on March 22, 1940. The Georgia Department of Corrections, which keeps the state's record of executions, lists the death as an execution carried out by the State of Georgia. No dispute about the execution is recorded.

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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