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Office of Planning and Analysis: The Death Penalty
A History of the Death Penalty in Georgia
Executions by Year 1924- - 2016
Prepared by: Office of Planning and Analysis August, 2016

Death by Hanging 1735 1924
From 1735 to 1924 the legal method of execution in Georgia was hanging. The sheriff in the county or judicial circuit where the crime was committed carried out the execution.
The first person believed legally executed in Colonial Georgia was a woman. In 1735, Alice Ryley, a white female who arrived in America on an Irish transport, was hung for the murder of her master Will Wise.
The last legal execution by hanging occurred on June 12, 1931, when Arthur Meyers was hanged in Augusta, Richmond County, for murder committed March 1924. It is estimated that over 500 legal hangings occurred in Georgia between 1725 and 1925.
Death by Electrocution 1924 - 1937
Georgia State Prison Milledgeville, Georgia
On August 16, 1924, the Georgia General Assembly passed a law that abolished death by hanging for all persons convicted of a capital crime after the passage of the act. Thereafter, death was to be imposed by electrocution within the walls of the state penitentiary at Milledgeville or wherever the state penitentiary may be located. Because Arthur Meyers was convicted of a capital offense prior to the passage of the law authorizing death by electrocution he was hung in accordance with the previous law that authorized death by hanging in the county in which the crime was committed.
The first electric chair was built and installed at the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville in 1924. The first execution by electrocution occurred on September 13, 1924 when Howard Hinton, a black male, was executed for murder in Dekalb County. The electric chair remained at the Georgia State Prison in Milledgeville until January 1, 1938 when it was moved to the new Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. A total of 162 death sentences were carried out while the electric chair was in Milledgeville.
Death by Electrocution 1938 - 1964
Georgia State Prison Reidsville, Georgia
The first execution by electrocution took place in Reidsville on May 6, 1938 when Archie Goodwin, a 37-year-old black male was executed for a Worth County murder. A total of 256

executions took place in Reidsville with the last execution occurring on October 16, 1964 when Bernard Die, a 34-year-old white male was executed for a McDuffie County Murder. Of the 256 executions carried out at Reidsville, 255 were male and one was female (Lena Baker, a black female, was executed on March 5, 1945 for a murder in Randolph County). The oldest inmate executed was 72, the youngest was 16.
U.S. Supreme Court Suspends Executions
1964 - 1976
In 1964 the Supreme Court suspended all executions in the United States. On June 29, 1972 the Supreme Court (Furman v. Georgia) struck down the laws then existing in the United States that allowed persons convicted of certain crimes to be executed. The Georgia General Assembly passed a new death sentence law that went into effect on March 28, 1973. On July 2, 1976, the U.S. Supreme Court upheld the death penalty in Georgia as constitutional (Gregg v. Georgia).
Death by Electrocution 1983-2000
Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison Jackson, Georgia
In June 1980 the electric chair was moved to the Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison (GDCP) in Jackson, Georgia. A new chair was constructed and the original electric chair, which is no longer used, remains on display at Georgia State Prison in Reidsville. Death Row at GDCP houses the inmates under death sentence for the duration of their stay within the Georgia Department of Corrections. The inmate remains on death row unless the Board of Pardons and Paroles grants a commutation to life or a pardon, a court reverses the conviction during an appeal, the execution is lawfully carried out, or the inmate dies while awaiting execution.
The first person executed after the reinstatement of the death penalty was John Eldon Smith. Smith, a white male, was executed on December 15, 1983 for a Bibb County murder. Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, 23 inmates were legally executed by electrocution in Georgia.
Death by Lethal Injection 2001-Present
HB 1284, signed into law in 2000, changes the legal method of execution in Georgia to lethal injection effective May 1, 2000. Anyone who commits a capital crime after May 1, 2000, and receives a death sentence, will be executed by lethal injection. In addition, if either the Georgia or Supreme Courts declare death by electrocution unconstitutional, lethal injection will become the legal method of execution for all inmates under death sentence, regardless of the date of their crimes--and in fact, on October 5, 2001 the Georgia Supreme Court did rule executions by electrocution cruel and unusual punishment. HB1284 immediately took effect and the first

execution by lethal injection occurred in October, 2001. Since that time, a total of thirty executions by lethal injection have been carried out.
Current Death Row Inmates
A current list of all inmates under death sentence in the custody of the Georgia Department of Corrections can be found by clicking on the link below. Only inmates in the physical custody of the department will be displayed. Some inmates under death sentence may be in the custody of other jurisdictions, or "out to court" in the original jurisdiction of conviction.
http://www.dcor.state.ga.us/GDC/OffenderQuery/jsp/OffQryForm.jsp
After agreeing to the terms of the disclaimer, select "under death sentence" in the drop down menu under "sentence status."

Name
Hinton, Howard
Williams, Alex Jackson, Frank
Walton, Charlie Coggeshall, Ted McCleland, Floyd Stewart, Amos Glover, Ed Johnson, Tom Williams, Pringle Johnson, James
Gore, Mell Fennell, Herbert Mars, Osca Rounsaville, John Stewart, Cellus Chamblee, Lee Galloway, Wilbur Parker, Mose Pryor, Roy Clark, George Sanders, John
Fuller, Garfield Quinn, Albert Coates, Robert Ellis, Henry Price, Edgar Grant, James E. Hicks, Charlie Jones, Robert Hammond, Harold McCloud, Medie Gower, Sam Taylor, Preddis Thompson, Clifford Moss, Jim aka Moses Shepherd, R. H.
Reddrick, Marshall George, Willie C. Capers, Ed Gillom, Willie aka Gillion Grinstead, Griff aka Grant Clark, John Grumady, James

Executions in Georgia 1924-2015

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Age
22
unk unk
39 21 20 unk unk 48 17 unk
22 30 46 20 35 40 28 35 24 26 41
44 25 36 25 24 27 21 22 36 29 42 33 22 27 57
40 23 19 21 56 44 25

County of
Conviction Dekalb
Jones Rabun
Fulton Putnam Putnam Worth Bibb Jefferson Emanuel Fulton
Fulton Liberty Ben Hill Chattooga Early Bartow Dodge Pike Monroe Jasper Fulton
Pike Terrell Jefferson Fulton Grady Fulton Fulton Bibb Fulton Decatur Gwinnett Fulton Murray Murray Fulton
Coweta Fulton Fulton Fulton Montgomery McIntosh Colquitt

Crime
Murder
Murder Murder
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Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape Rape
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

Execution
Date 09/13/1924
05/15/1925 09/26/1925
03/11/1926 03/25/1926 03/25/1926 06/18/1926 09/09/1926 09/24/1926 10/08/1926 11/23/1926
06/03/1927 06/03/1927 06/06/1927 07/12/1927 07/15/1927 10/14/1927 10/14/1927 10/14/1927 10/26/1927 11/11/1927 11/18/1927
01/13/1928 01/20/1928 02/21/1928 04/18/1928 05/04/1928 05/18/1928 06/08/1928 06/28/1928 07/06/1928 07/06/1928 07/13/1928 07/13/1928 08/03/1928 08/03/1928 12/19/1928
01/18/1929 01/18/1929 01/18/1929 01/18/1929 02/22/1929 03/20/1929 05/17/1929

Dozier, Jeff

BM

Morrow, Malcolm

WM

Simpson, Homer C.

WM

Bryant, Willie

BM

Merritt, Alvin T.

WM

Ellen, John

BM

Barker, James

BM

Kelly, Edmond

BM

Screven, Renty

BM

Jolley, Angeline aka Lucious

BM

Duzer, Emory Van

BM

Smith, Wash

WM

Jenkins, Edgar

BM

Biggers, William

BM

West, Henry

BM

Newsome, L. B.

BM

Cox, Willie Lee

BM

Glaze, Gilbert

BM

Perry, Marvin

BM

Griffin, Fred aka Carter

BM

Green, Willie aka Crooms

BM

Adams, Burley

WM

Meyers, Arthur

BM

Dudley, Eugene

BM

Higgins, Willie

BM

Stevens, Clark

BM

Chrisholm, Robert Lee

BM

Hendrix, O. C.

BM

Searcy, William

BM

Gaskins, English

WM

March, Eddie

BM

Johnson, Major (Slick)

WM

Parker, J. H. aka Terry

WM

Rounds, Willie

BM

Jones, Willie

BM

Jackson, Albert aka Lumsden

BM

Baker, Paschall

BM

Green, Charlie, Jr.

BM

Hulsey, Fred

WM

Hulsey, William

WM

Humphreys, John L.

BM

Jackson, J. C.

BM

Welch, Lawrence

BM

Todd, Johnny aka B. Jones

BM

Randall, Pat

BM

Davis, Raider aka Williams

BM

Morris, Richard

BM

Sims, Richard

BM

White, Mose aka Tom

BM

McCollough, Thomas A.

WM

Key, Eugene

BM

Jackson, Rochelle

BM

60

Floyd

31

Glynn

40

Glynn

23

Ware

25

Fulton

41

Floyd

23

Bibb

28

Grady

50

Chatham

23

Bibb

24

Fulton

21

Ben Hill

22

Early

36

Fulton

21

Floyd

21

Peach

27

Fulton

30

Fulton

40

Early

18

Campbell

27

Richmond

34

Columbia

unk Richmond

21

Walton

28

Fulton

24

Morgan

20

Peach

34

Fulton

32

Talbot

50

Candler

16

Dougherty

44

Dougherty

38

Ware

27

Houston

24

Richmond

22

Peach

32

Webster

32

Webster

31

Polk

55

Polk

21

Stewart

23

Early

46

Early

unk Greene

unk Randolph

unk Fulton

18

Fulton

18

Fulton

18

Fulton

58

Fayette

25

Houston

27

Worth

Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder
Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

07/22/1929 09/11/1929 09/11/1929 10/04/1929 10/04/1929
01/27/1930 02/14/1930 02/21/1930 03/21/1930 06/20/1930 06/27/1930 11/22/1930
01/16/1931 01/16/1931 01/27/1931 03/13/1931 03/27/1931 04/17/1931 04/17/1931 04/29/1931 05/18/1931 05/22/1931 06/12/1931 07/17/1931 09/11/1931 10/16/1931 10/16/1931 10/31/1931 10/30/1931 21/21/1931
02/09/1932 02/09/1932 04/08/1932 06/10/1932 08/08/1932 10/07/1932 10/28/1932 10/28/1932 11/04/1932 11/04/1932 11/05/1932 11/16/1932
04/04/1933 05/19/1933 05/20/1933 06/14/1933 08/11/1933 08/11/1933 08/11/1933 08/25/1933 08/25/1933 09/08/1933

Simpson, Harry Brooks, Grady Zuber, George aka McDow Barbee, James

BM

34

Clinch

BM

19

Pickens

BM

29

Pickens

WM

47

Pulaski

Murder Murder Murder Murder

10/20/1933 10/27/1933 10/27/1933 12/29/1933

Osborne, Will aka A. Dobbs

BM

Short, Homer Lee

BM

Downer, John (Downing)

BM

Walker, Sandy

BM

Lively, Mitcy W. (Miller)

WM

James, Mack

BM

Patrick, Hosea

BM

Hicks, Claude

BM

South, Floyd

BM

Castleberry, Reese

BM

Duncan, Clifford aka Jones

BM

Johnson, Frank aka Williams

BM

Street, Mose

BM

18

Fulton

24

Marion

28

Elbert

48

Worth

47

Fulton

29

Banks

30

Fulton

27

Fulton

22

Fulton

24

Pickens

26

Candler

42

Johnson

29

Chatham

Rape Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder and Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder

01/12/1934 03/02/1934 03/16/1934 03/16/1934 04/20/1934 05/11/1934 05/15/1934 05/15/1934 06/15/1934 06/15/1934 09/14/1934 10/05/1934 11/15/1934

Dodson, Charlie Hammett, J. T. Barfield, Archie Wright, John Henry Reese, Rack aka Jack Tucker, Joe Brown, D. W. Bell, Arthur Hargrove's, Robert F. Pierce, Victor Rivers, Albert Ashley, Isiah Harden, Henry Stone, Charlie Beasley, Charlie Mullinax, Robert Hicks, Cleveland aka Jones Reese, J. B. aka Adams Gaines, Simmie McRae, George Matox, Jack Honea, Marvin White, John Will

BM

17

Schley

Murder

WM

47

Troup

Murder

BM

22

Gwinnett

Murder

BM

28

McDuffie

Murder

BM

55

McDuffie

Murder

BM

unk Meriwether

Murder

BM

unk Webster

Murder

BM

unk Webster

Murder

WM

26

Effingham

Murder

WM

35

Clayton

Murder

BM

41

Screven

Rape

BM

18

Appling

Murder

BM

24

Washington

Murder

BM

30

Fulton

Rape

BM

50

Troup

Murder

WM

34

Floyd

Murder

BM

30

Mitchell

Murder

BM

19

Jackson

Rape

BM

35

Oglethorpe

Murder

WM

24

Cherokee

Murder

BM

26

Oglethorpe

Murder

WM

30

Fulton

Murder

BM

24

Cobb

Murder

01/21/1935 02/11/1935 02/15/1935 03/01/1935 03/01/1935 03/05/1935 03/07/1935 03/07/1935 03/15/1935 03/29/1935 04/05/1935 04/05/1935 05/10/1935 05/10/1935 06/14/1935 06/14/1935 07/12/1935 07/19/1935 10/10/1935 10/18/1935 11/22/1935 12/20/1935 12/20/1935

Bowen, Eddie B. Simmons, John Henry Nelson, Thomas Lowman, Julius McLemore, Hamp Thomas, John Henry Daniel, John Charles, Demps Coombs, Arthur aka Powell Boyer, Winton Sloan, John Henry

BM

18

Douglas

Murder

BM

50

Camden

Murder

BM

38

Camden

Murder

BM

32

Chatham

Murder

BM

21

Muscogee

Rape

BM

21

Clarke

Murder

BM

24

Hall

Murder

BM

28

Hall

Murder

BM

30

Henry

Rape

BM

unk Hancock

Murder

BM

25

Colquitt

Murder

03/06/1936 03/20/1936 03/20/1936 03/25/1936 04/10/1936 08/06/1936 08/21/1936 08/21/1936 11/12/1936 12/04/1936 12/31/1936

Burden, Arthur

BM

28

unknown

Murder

02/24/1937

Burke, James aka Joseph

BM

Goodman, J. P.

BM

Lacy, Will

BM

Melton, Eli

BM

Brown, Leonard

BM

Trammell, Mose

BM

Hopkins, Willie

BM

Rose, Edgar aka Robert Taylor WM

Worthy, James aka Tyson

BM

Young, Charlie

BM

Jackson, Mitchell

BM

Douberly, Willie E.

WM

Ward, Lawrence

WM

Pinson, Clinton

BM

Daniels, Willie Frank

BM

Haywood, Archie

BM

Thomas, George

BM

Roxier, Leavy L.

WM

Benton, Ralph

BM

Melton, Walter aka Roberson

BM

McBride, Isaac

BM

Etheridge, Buck

BM

Knight, Frank

BM

Gilbert, George

BM

Rucker, Charlie

BM

Russel, Willie D.

BM

Carter, Raymond

BM

Perry, Arthur

BM

Mack, Arthur

BM

Williams, John Henry

BM

Wright, Wilson

BM

Harvey, Floyd Nelson

WM

Vaughn, J. D.

BM

Barker, Arthur E.

WM

Hunter, Marion

BM

Sheffield, Clatence

BM

Bruno, Sheppard

BM

Bivins, James aka Gene

BM

Fisher, James aka Johnson

BM

Mathis, Joe

BM

Mims, William L.

BM

Brown, Robert

BM

Barkley, Curtis

BM

Fields, Oscar

BM

Josey, Charlie aka Snooks

BM

Brown, Eddie

BM

Anderson, Fred

BM

Hicks, Henry William

BM

Sutton, John William

BM

Lawrence, Buddie aka Andrew

BM

Brannon, Robert Lee

BM

Wadell, Jennings

BM

24

Richmond

21

DeKalb

41

Cook

34

Muscogee

18

Richmond

36

Troup

unk Burke

27

Dougherty

24

Fulton

35

Burke

26

Fulton

25

Chatham

unk Jeff Davis

40

Fulton

25

Clarke

37

Worth

21

Fulton

38

Ware

40

Fulton

31

Charlton

31

Clinch

20

Henry

26

Bryan

28

Troup

18

Butts

31

Cobb

24

Butts

25

Muscogee

26

Muscogee

21

Butts

20

Chatham

36

Ware

25

Walton

35

Gwinnett

25

Chatham

36

Ware

45

Dougherty

19

Schley

27

Newton

27

Newton

38

Bibb

26

Jefferson

34

Fulton

24

Fulton

20

Pike

29

Lowndes

19

Laurens

18

Thomas

22

Whitfield

28

Bacon

39

Floyd

34

Toombs

Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

04/19/1937 05/14/1937 05/21/1937 05/21/1937 05/24/1937 05/28/1937 06/14/1937 06/18/1937 06/18/1937 06/25/1937 07/09/1937 07/30/1937 08/13/1937 09/29/1937 12/27/1937

Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

05/06/1938 05/13/1938 06/17/1938 10/28/1938 10/18/1938 11/04/1938 11/10/1938 11/25/1938 11/30/1938 12/09/1938 12/09/1938 12/09/1938 12/09/1938 12/09/1938 12/09/1938

Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

01/25/1939 06/23/1939 07/07/1939 07/26/1939 08/04/1939 09/29/1939 11/17/1939 11/21/1939

Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape Murder Robbery by Force Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder

02/09/1940 02/09/1940 03/22/1940 05/17/1940 08/16/1940 08/16/1940 08/23/1940 08/23/1940 10/04/1940 10/18/1940 11/08/1940 12/13/1940 12/13/1940 12/27/1940

Watson, Johnnie Hayes, Eddie Bennie Bland, William Henry Anderson, Charlie Jenkins, Willie Alford, Albert
Shivers, James Strickland, Charlie Morton, Edward Leroy Miller, John Cone, Howard P. Williams, Norman Moore, Dock Mosley, S. T. Martin, Charles E. Shaw, Buster Lewis, Y. Z.
Dowdell, Raymond Smith, Richard Coates, Charles Wilcoxson, Lewis Palmer, Joel Luther Franklin, Bernice Sims, Mose Reed, Edmond Johnson, Adel Pittman, Eugene Hancock, Marlin Russell, John Thomas Sexton, Charlie Hodo, Serina Mathis, Tommie Lee Williams, Robert Ellison, S. A. Johnson, H. T.
Hubbard, Willie Irwin, Isaac Hicks, Willie Lee, Marvin Lewis Hooten, Rock Rozier, Herbert Walker, Robert Reed, Oscar Ellison, Grady Stroup, William B.
Glass, Henry Tye, Jimmie Lee Jackson, Willie Fowler, Walter Baker, Lena Johnson, L. C. Smith, E. V.

BM

33

Coweta

BM

19

Coweta

BM

23

Henry

BM

18

Fulton

BM

23

Fulton

BM

32

Hart

Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape

BM

38

Fayette

BM

25

Terrell

BM

28

Jefferson

BM

35

DeKalb

WM

24

Thomas

WM

28

Elbert

BM

25

Fulton

BM

23

Taylor

WM

24

DeKalb

BM

20

Brantley

BM

26

Thomas

Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

BM

31

Muscogee

Murder

BM

21

Fulton

Murder

WM

29

Catoosa

Murder

BM

20

Cobb

Rape

WM

30

Tift

Murder

BM

17

Wayne

Rape

BM

23

Fulton

Rape

BM

26

Bibb

Murder

BM

21

Fulton

Rape

BM

28

Polk

Murder

WM

43

Paulding

Murder

BM

27

Fulton

Murder

BM

16

Paulding

Murder

BM

23

Meriwether

Murder

BM

23

Spalding

Murder

BM

20

Laurens

Murder

BM

17

Meriwether

Murder

BM

22

Henry

Murder

BM

28

Bibb

BM

28

Bibb

BM

18

Fulton

BM

22

Fulton

BM

24

Taylor

BM

72

Laurens

BM

26

Bibb

BM

26

Bibb

BM

36

Burke

WM

41

Fulton

Rape Murder Rape Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape

BM

21

Fulton

Murder

BM

22

Fulton

Murder

BM

28

Fulton

Rape

WM

22

Forsyth

Murder

BF

44

Randolph

Murder

BM

19

Newton

Murder

WM

39

Pike

Murder

01/03/1941 01/03/1941 05/12/1941 05/23/1941 05/23/1941 10/10/1941
01/30/1942 01/31/1942 02/06/1942 03/06/1942 03/11/1942 05/15/1942 07/02/1942 07/10/1942 10/16/1942 10/16/1942 11/26/1942
01/15/1943 02/04/1943 03/12/1943 03/26/1943 05/28/1943 05/28/1943 06/10/1943 07/19/1943 08/10/1943 08/20/1943 08/20/1943 08/20/1943 08/20/1943 09/24/1943 10/22/1943 10/23/1943 12/11/1943 12/31/1943
01/05/1944 01/07/1944 02/03/1944 03/07/1944 03/17/1944 04/07/1944 04/28/1944 04/28/1944 05/25/1944 07/28/1944
01/19/1945 01/19/1945 03/02/1945 03/02/1945 03/05/1945 03/09/1945 03/09/1945

Gilbert, Ulysses Lamar, Nathaniel Watkins, David Green, Edward Lee Green, Jack Roy Smithwick, Albert Gunnells, Robert R. Hayes, Henry Johnson, Charlie Collins, Noah Craiton, Jesse Taylor, Nathaniel
Daniels, Eddie Bonner, Isaac Lewis, Leon Jones, Willie Bryant, Early Burke, Anderson Nappier, Aaron McKethan, Jesse R. Yearwood, Walter Hillman Murray, Alton Allen, Lee James Burns, Johnnie Stevenson, Willie Williams, James Rufus Parker, Albert Hill, J. C.
Brown, Arthur, Jr. Dorsey, Morris Knapp, Homer R. Porter, Lauren Barnes, Willis Daniel, Quiller Brown, James Reddick, Herbert Lee Scott, Ebenezer Stanford, Robert Lee Loughbridge, Terrell Moore, Roosevelt Owen, Jim Ford, Oscar L. Bryant, Sweetie, Jr. Morakes, Nick
Scrutchens, Leroy Porter, Joe Brown, Eddie, Jr. Torbett, J. W. Mangum, James Campbell, L. P. Nunn, Red Lamar Whitt, Sam Davis, William Cular

BM

24

Houston

BM

21

Bibb

BM

18

Cobb

BM

23

Houston

BM

40

Sumter

WM

26

Chatham

WM

40

Baldwin

BM

27

Fulton

BM

27

Early

BM

29

Chatham

BM

23

Fulton

BM

37

Laurens

Murder Murder Murder Rape Rape Murder Murder Robbery by Force Rape Murder Murder Murder

04/27/1945 05/11/1945 05/11/1945 06/01/1945 06/29/1945 07/28/1945 08/24/1945 08/24/1945 09/21/1945 11/09/1945 11/09/1945 11/30/1945

BM

34

Grady

Murder

BM

19

Bibb

Murder

BM

26

Fulton

Rape

BM

28

Ware

Murder

BM

30

Fulton

Rape

BM

28

Oglethorpe

Rape

BM

41

Laurens

Murder

WM

22

Chatham

Murder

WM

23

Clarke

Murder

WM

29

Candler

Murder

BM

16

Fulton

Rape

BM

22

Lee

Murder

BM

17

Lee

Murder

BM

19

Irwin

Murder

BM

29

Cook

Murder

BM

19

Ware

Murder

02/08/1946 03/29/1946 03/29/1946 04/19/1946 05/31/1946 07/05/1946 07/19/1946 08/02/1946 10/22/1946 11/08/1946 11/15/1946 11/22/1946 11/22/1946 11/29/1946 12/13/1946 12/20/1946

BM

23

Chatham

Murder

BM

23

Chatham

Murder

WM

38

Chatham

Murder

BM

38

Oglethorpe

Murder

WM

29

Ben Hill

Murder

BM

30

Franklin

Murder

BM

24

Screven

Murder

BM

17

Bibb

Murder

BM

27

Chatham

Murder

BM

25

Richmond

Murder

WM

18

Jefferson

Murder

BM

26

Stewart

Murder

BM

43

Warren

Murder

BM

21

Dougherty

Murder

BM

29

Mitchell

Murder

WM

53

Morgan

Murder

02/08/1947 02/08/1947 04/18/1947 04/25/1947 04/25/1947 05/02/1947 06/17/1947 06/30/1947 08/01/1947 08/01/1947 08/09/1947 08/15/1947 10/06/1947 10/10/1947 10/10/1947 11/18/1947

BM

37

Sumter

Murder

BM

27

Sumter

Murder

BM

23

Carroll

Murder

BM

37

Randolph

Murder

BM

18

Fulton

Rape

BM

26

Floyd

Murder

BM

43

Jefferson

Murder

BM

22

Fulton

Murder

BM

55

Carroll

Murder

01/02/1948 01/02/1948 02/13/1948 02/16/1948 03/05/1948 03/26/1948 08/13/1948 08/16/1948 10/15/1948

Beetlesm, J. B. Eller, Jewell Garrett, Charlie Brown, L. C.
Carroll, Jessie C. Moore, Junior Persons, Morgan Williams, A. C. Dorsey, Andrew Jones, John Albert, Jr. Jones, Wilbert Gene Brown, Lindsey
Houser, Eddie, Jr. Wyatt, Jessie Carrigan, John Patrick Bryan, Robert Frank Cade, Charlie L. Mats, Lincoln Wynn, Curtis Jr. McKay, George Gardner, Jimmie Lee Wallace, John Richardson, Jimmie Lynch, Thomas Kersey, George
Harris, Willie B. Williams, Jimmy C. Solesbee, George W. McLendon, E.B., Jr. Ballard, Willie Ford Parks, Jim McBurnett, Vester
Brock, Henry Almond, Homer Williams, Clifton Reese, Pat Griffin, Eli Darden, Arthur Wise, Napoleon Blackstone, James, Jr. Thornton, John Henry Johnson, Horace Savage, Henry
Pickney, Abraham Starr, Jesse Patrick, Amos Strickland, Robert Bowens, Samuel Burgess, Willie Calhoun, Robert E. Harris, Isiah

BM

32

Carroll

WM

21

Towns

WM

26

Towns

BM

25

Greene

Murder Murder Murder Murder

10/15/1948 11/05/1948 11/05/1948 11/26/1948

WM

44

Muscogee

Murder

BM

25

Bibb

Murder

BM

39

Worth

Murder

BM

33

Fulton

Murder

BM

23

Fulton

Rape

BM

17

Sumter

Murder

BM

18

Sumter

Murder

BM

26

Burke

Murder

04/08/1949 04/20/1949 05/20/1949 06/01/1949 08/19/1949 09/12/1949 09/12/1949 12/16/1949

BM

22

Peach

Murder

01/27/1950

BM

39

DeKalb

Murder

04/21/1950

WM

29

Fulton

Murder

04/28/1950

BM

19

Chatham

Murder

05/26/1950

BM

20

Richmond

Murder

08/18/1950

BM

24

Richmond

Murder

08/18/1950

BM

20

Richmond

Murder

08/18/1950

BM

30

Richmond

Murder

09/29/1950

BM

27

Clay

Robbery by Force 10/28/1950

WM

54

Coweta

Murder

11/03/1950

WM

47

Crisp

Murder

11/03/1950

WM

31

Chatham

Murder

11/21/1950

WM

27

Chatham

Murder

11/21/1950

BM

47

Worth

Murder

BM

28

Clinch

Rape

WM

26

Clinch

Murder

WM

37

Richmond

Murder

BM

19

Gwinnett

Rape

BM

45

Pike

Murder

WM

43

Floyd

Murder

03/02/1951 05/25/1951 07/27/1951 10/05/1951 11/02/1951 12/14/1951 12/17/1951

WM

39

Floyd

Murder

BM

48

DeKalb

Murder

BM

30

Richmond

Murder

WM

33

White

Murder

BM

42

Putman

Murder

BM

22

Grady

Murder

BM

20

Emanuel

Murder

BM

30

Coffee

Murder

BM

24

Fulton

Murder

BM

29

Jones

Murder

BM

35

Chatham

Murder

02/21/1952 03/01/1952 03/14/1952 04/04/1952 04/17/1952 04/25/1952 06/06/1952 07/25/1952 07/11/1952 10/07/1952 11/21/1952

BM

67

Berrien

BM

26

Floyd

BM

34

Clarke

WM

20

Chatham

BM

23

Screven

BM

56

Chatham

BM

31

Coweta

BM

33

Ware

Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape

02/27/1953 04/16/1953 05/08/1953 08/24/1953 08/28/1953 11/14/1953 12/18/1953 12/23/1953

Wright, Paul Scott, Doyal Heard, Lindsey Jones, Ozzie Miller, Herman Lee Jackson, Willie Seymore, Sylvester Booker, Howard Leroy Simon, Elliott Jones, Joe Lee King, Charles L. Davis, Calvin Eugene
Morgan, James Willie Jackson, Howard Williams, Tom Fuller, Sylvester
Philpot, Walter Williams, Aubrey Cochran, William Grady Turner, James Mosley, Frederick Cooper, Paul
Reese, Amos Corbin, John F. Fields, Jennings Edward Newberry, John Domingo, Leon I. Styles, Isaac (Isaiah) Coleman, Don Mitchell Toler, James Elder, Robert Lee Hill, Harold Harrison Justice, Grady Mullins, Fred G. DuPree, Lem White, John Henry
Smith, Edward Samuel Golden, William Curry, Albert Dobbs, Leroy Adams, Otha A. Woods, Henry R.
Murray, J.C. Hill, Frank Junior Charlton, William Wilson, Eddie
Bunkley, Homer Albert, Ernest Wilson, Frank

BM

19

Walton

Murder

01/22/1954

WM

30

Glynn

Murder

02/05/1954

BM

20

Cherokee

Rape

05/25/1954

BM

32

Chatham

Rape

06/11/1954

BM

18

Baldwin

Rape

06/15/1954

BM

17

Baldwin

Rape

06/15/1954

BM

35

Richmond

Murder

08/06/1954

BM

35

Fulton

Robbery by Force 09/17/1954

BM

55

Colquitt

Murder

11/05/1954

BM

17

Upson

Murder

11/19/1954

BM

19

Upson

Murder

11/19/1954

BM

19

Schley

Murder

11/12/1954

WM

18

Richmond

Murder

01/07/1955

BM

44

Coweta

Murder

04/15/1955

BM

53

Colquitt

Murder

04/15/1955

BM

25

Calhoun

Robbery by Force 06/17/1955

BM

39

Muscogee

Murder

BM

29

Fulton

Murder

WM

37

Bartow

Murder

BM

27

Calhoun

Murder

BM

25

Fulton

Rape

BM

48

Worth

Murder

01/27/1956 03/30/1956 04/13/1956 06/08/1956 06/29/1956 09/21/1956

BM

25

Cobb

Rape

WM

32

Fulton

Murder

WM

32

DeKalb

Murder

WM

47

Miller

Murder

BM

23

Muscogee

Murder

BM

34

Burke

Murder

BM

18

Fulton

Murder

BM

39

Fulton

Murder

BM

37

Fulton

Murder

WM

25

Richmond

Murder

BM

29

Fulton

Rape

BM

41

Harris

Murder

BM

59

Laurens

Murder

BM

26

Berrien

Rape

01/04/1957 02/08/1957 03/05/1957 03/08/1957 03/15/1957 03/15/1957 03/19/1957 03/19/1957 03/19/1957 03/25/1957 07/26/1957 09/06/1957 09/16/1957 10/04/1957

BM

23

Richmond

Rape

BM

23

Chatham

Murder

BM

26

Harris

Murder

BM

36

Cobb

Rape

WM

54

Colquitt

Murder

BM

20

Fulton

Murder

01/17/1958 04/18/1958 09/19/1958 11/07/1958 11/14/1958 12/19/1958

BM

54

Bryan

Murder

BM

36

Dougherty

Murder

BM

23

Chatham

Murder

BM

37

Fulton

Murder

02/06/1959 06/05/1959 08/07/1959 12/18/1959

BM

26

Talbot

Robbery by Force 01/15/1960

WM

34

Columbia

Murder

03/04/1960

BM

54

Warren

Murder

06/10/1960

Davis, Herring

BM

Johnson, Nathaniel

BM

Wimis, Oscar James

BM

Mullins, Roy Lee

WM

Johnson, Thurmond

BM

Watt, George

BM

Smith, Sammie Lee

BM

Jones, Orelander

WM

Chandler, Ollie

BM

Pugh, J.W.

BM

Dye, Bernard

BM

Smith, John Eldon

WM

Stanley, Ivon Ray

BM

Stephens, Alpha Otis O'Daniel

BM

Green, Roosevelt

BM

Solomon, Van Roosevelt

BM

Young, John

BM

Bowden, Jerome

BM

Mulligan, Joseph

BM

Tucker, Richard

BM

Tucker, William Boyd

WM

Mitchell, William Billy

BM

McCorquodale, Timothy W.

WM

Messer, James E.

WM

Willis, Henry III

BM

McClesky, Warren

BM

Stevens, Thomas D.

WM

Burger, Christopher

WM

Hance, William Henry

BM

Ingram, Nicholas Lee

WM

Devier, Darrell Gene

WM

Lonchar, Larry Grant

WM

Felker, Ellis

WM

Cargill, David Loomis

WM

Mincey, Terry

WM

High, Jose M.

BM

Gilreath, Fred

WM

Parker, Byron A.

WM

40

Meriwether

25

Richmond

44

Fulton

24

Fannin

26

Richmond

21

Muscogee

27

Houston

19

Jasper

18

Lowndes

35

Dekalb

34

McDuffie

53

Bibb

28

Decatur

38

Bleckley

28

Monroe

41

Cobb

28

Bibb

33

Muscogee

35

Muscogee

44

Bibb

31

Muscogee

35

Worth

34

Fulton

34

Polk

34

Bleckley

46

Fulton

36

Wayne

33

Wayne

42

Muscogee

31

Cobb

39

Floyd

45

Dekalb

48

Houston

39

Muscogee

41

Bibb

43

Taliaferro

63

Cobb

41

Douglas

Murder Rape Murder
Murder Murder Rape
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder

06/24/1960 07/01/1960 11/21/1960
01/20/1961 03/24/1961 08/11/1961
11/14/1962
10/04/1963 10/18/1963
01/14/1964 10/16/1964
12/15/1983
07/12/1984 12/12/1984
01/09/1985 02/20/1985 03/20/1985
06/24/1986
05/15/1987 05/22/1987 05/29/1987 09/02/1987 09/21/1987
07/28/1988
05/18/1989
09/26/1991
06/29/1993 12/08/1993
03/31/1994
04/07/1995 05/17/1995
11/14/1996 11/15/1996
06/09/1998
10/25/2001 11/06/2001 11/14/2001 12/11/2001

Spivey, Ronald K. Housel, Tracy Lee Fugate, III Wallace Putman, William
Moon, Larry Eugene Isaacs, Carl Brown, James W.
Hicks, Robert Karl Crawford, Eddie A.
Carr, Timothy Don Mobley, Stephen A. Conklin, Robert Dale
Hightower, John Washington
Alderman, Jack Osborne, Curtis Lynd, William Earl
Mize, William Newland, Robert L McClain, Mark
Ford, Melbert Jr. Rhode, Brandon
Blankenship, Roy Davis, Troy DeYoung, Andrew G. Hammond, Emmanuel
Cook, Andrew A
Wellons, Marcus Holsey, Robert Wayne
Brannan, Andrew Hill, Warren Lee Gissendaner, Kelly Johnson, Marcus Terrell, Bryan
Jones, Brandon Hittson, Travis Bishop, Joshua Fults, Kenneth Lucas, Daniel Conner, John

WM WM WM WM
WM WM WM
WM WM
WM WM WM
BM
WM BM WM
WM WM WM
WM WM
WM BM WM BM
W/M
B/M B/M
W/M B/M W/F W/M B/M
B/M W/M W/M B/M W/M W/M

63

Muscogee

43

Gwinnett

52

Putnam

59

Cook

55

Catoosa

49

Seminole

55

Gwinnett

47

Spalding

57

Spalding

34

Monroe

39

Hall

44

Fulton

63 Morgan

57 Chatham 38 Spalding 53 Berrien

53 Oconee 66 Glynn 42 Richmond

50 Newton 31 Jones

56 Chatham 43 Chatham 37 Cobb 46 Fulton

39 Monroe
60 Cobb 50 Baldwin
67 Laurens 55 Lee 47 Gwinnett 50 Daugherty 47 Newton
73 Cobb 45 Houston 41 Baldwin 48 Spalding 38 Jones 60 Dodge

Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

01/24/2002 03/12/2002 08/09/2002 11/13/2002
03/25/2003 05/06/2003 11/04/2003
07/01/2004 07/19/2004
01/25/2005 03/01/2005 07/12/2005
06/27/2007
09/06/2008 06/04/2008 05/06/2008
04/29/2009 03/10/2009 10/20/2009
06/09/2010 09/27/2010
06/23/2011 09/21/2011 07/21/2011 01/25/2011
02/21/2013
06/17/2014 12/09/2014
01/13/2015 01/27/2015 09/29/2015 11/19/2015 12/08/2015
02/03/2016 02/17/2016 03/31/2016 04/12/2016 04/27/2016 07/15/2016

1924 1 1925 2 1926 8 1927 11 1928 15 1929 12 1930 7 1931 18 1932 12 1933 14 1934 13 1935 23 1936 11 1937 16 1938 15 1939 8 1940 14 1941 6 1942 11 1943 18 1944 10 1945 19 1946 16 1947 16 1948 13 1949 8

Execution in Georgia 1924-2015

1950 13 1951 7 1952 11 1953 8 1954 12 1955 4 1956 6 1957 14 1958 6 1959 4 1960 6 1961 3 1962 1 1963 2 1964 2 1965 5 1966 0 1967 0 1968 0 1969 0 1970 0 1971 0 1972 0 1973 0 1974 0 1975 0

1976 0 1977 0 1978 0 1979 0 1980 0 1981 0 1982 0 1983 1 1984 2 1985 3 1986 1 1987 5 1988 1 1989 1 1990 0 1991 1 1992 0 1993 2 1994 1 1995 2 1996 2 1997 0 1998 1 1999 0 2000 0 2001 4

2002 4 2003 3 2004 2 2005 3 2006 0 2007 1 2008 3 2009 3 2010 2 2011 4 2012 0 2013 1 2014 2 2015 5 2016 6
TOTAL 481