Deaths in Custody
Executed

Willie Hopkins

died June 14, 1937 · Georgia State Prison, Baldwin County, Georgia

Willie Hopkins, a Black man, was executed by the State of Georgia in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, on June 14, 1937. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution in its history of executions in 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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