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Willie Stevenson

17 years old · died November 22, 1946 · Georgia State Prison, Tattnall County, Georgia

Willie Stevenson, a 17-year-old Black man, was executed in the electric chair at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville, Tattnall County, on November 22, 1946, where he was held in state custody. The Georgia Department of Corrections, in its record of executions in the state, lists the manner of death as homicide. The record gives no other details about his life 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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