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Willie Jackson

17 years old · died June 15, 1954 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Willie Jackson, a 17-year-old Black man, was held at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, when he was executed in the electric chair on June 15, 1954. The Georgia Department of Corrections records the execution as a judicial one carried out by the state. The available account gives no further details of his life, family, or the circumstances of his case.

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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