OIT Data Management: The Death Penalty
History of the Death Penalty In
Georgia
Executions by Year 1924 - 2019
Prepared by: OIT - Data Management Analyst: Clayton Hampton Date Prepared: June 21, 2019

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 inject ion. 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

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Executions in Georgia 1924-2019

Name Hinton, Howard

Race BM

Williams, Alex

BM

Jackson, Frank

BM

Walton, Charlie

BM

Coggeshall, Ted

WM

McCleland, Floyd

WM

Stewart, Amos

BM

Glover, Ed

BM

Johnson, Tom

BM

Williams, Pringle

BM

Johnson, James

BM

Gore, Mell

WM

Fennell, Herbert

BM

Mars, Osca

WM

Rounsaville, John

BM

Stewart, Cellus

BM

Chamblee, Lee

BM

Galloway, Wilbur

BM

Parker, Mose

BM

Pryor, Roy

BM

Clark, George

BM

Sanders, John

BM

Fuller, Garfield

BM

Quinn, Albert

BM

Coates, Robert

BM

Ellis, Henry

BM

Price, Edgar

BM

Grant, James E.

BM

Hicks, Charlie

BM

Jones, Robert

BM

Hammond, Harold

WM

McCloud, Medie

WM

Gower, Sam

WM

Taylor, Preddis

BM

Thompson, Clifford

WM

Moss, Jim aka Moses

BM

Shepherd, R. H.

WM

Reddrick, Marshall

BM

George, Willie C.

BM

Capers, Ed

BM

Gillom, Willie aka Gillion BM

Grinstead, Griff aka Grant WM

Clark, John

BM

Grumady, James

BM

Dozier, Jeff

BM

County of
Age Conviction
22 Dekalb
unk Jones unk Rabun
39 Fulton 21 Putnam 20 Putnam unk Worth unk Bibb 48 Jefferson 17 Emanuel unk Fulton
22 Fulton 30 Liberty 46 Ben Hill 20 Chattooga 35 Early 40 Bartow 28 Dodge 35 Pike 24 Monroe 26 Jasper 41 Fulton
44 Pike 25 Terrell 36 Jefferson 25 Fulton 24 Grady 27 Fulton 21 Fulton 22 Bibb 36 Fulton 29 Decatur 42 Gwinnett 33 Fulton 22 Murray 27 Murray 57 Fulton
40 Coweta 23 Fulton 19 Fulton 21 Fulton 56 Montgomery 44 McIntosh 25 Colquitt 60 Floyd

Crime
Murder
Murder Murder
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder
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 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 07/22/1929

Name
Morrow, Malcolm Simpson, Homer C. Bryant, Willie Merritt, Alvin T.

Race
WM WM BM 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

BM

March, Eddie

BM

Johnson, Major (Slick)

WM

Parker, J. H. aka Terry

WM

Rounds, Willie

BM

Jones, Willie

BM

Jackson, Albert aka LumsdenBM

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

Simpson, Harry

BM

Brooks, Grady

BM

Zuber, George aka McDow BM

Barbee, James

WM

County of
Age Conviction
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 32 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 34 Clinch 19 Pickens 29 Pickens 47 Pulaski

Crime
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 Murder Murder Murder Murder

Execution
Date
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 12/21/1931
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 10/20/1933 10/27/1933 10/27/1933 12/29/1933

Name

Race

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

Dodson, Charlie

BM

Hammett, J. T.

WM

Barfield, Archie

BM

Wright, John Henry

BM

Reese, Rack aka Jack

BM

Tucker, Joe

BM

Brown, D. W.

BM

Bell, Arthur

BM

Hargrove's, Robert F.

WM

Pierce, Victor

WM

Rivers, Albert

BM

Ashley, Isiah

BM

Harden, Henry

BM

Stone, Charlie

BM

Beasley, Charlie

BM

Mullinax, Robert

WM

Hicks, Cleveland aka Jones BM

Reese, J. B. aka Adams BM

Gaines, Simmie

BM

McRae, George

WM

Matox, Jack

BM

Honea, Marvin

WM

White, John Will

BM

Bowen, Eddie B.

BM

Simmons, John Henry

BM

Nelson, Thomas

BM

Lowman, Julius

BM

McLemore, Hamp

BM

Thomas, John Henry

BM

Daniel, John

BM

Charles, Demps

BM

Coombs, Arthur aka Powell BM

Boyer, Winton

BM

Sloan, John Henry

BM

Burden, Arthur

BM

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 WM

Taylor

County of
Age Conviction
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
17 Schley 47 Troup 22 Gwinnett 28 McDuffie 55 McDuffie unk Meriwether unk Webster unk Webster 26 Effingham 35 Clayton 41 Screven 18 Appling 24 Washington 30 Fulton 50 Troup 34 Floyd 30 Mitchell 19 Jackson 35 Oglethorpe 24 Cherokee 26 Oglethorpe 30 Fulton 24 Cobb
18 Douglas 50 Camden 38 Camden 32 Chatham 21 Muscogee 21 Clarke 24 Hall 28 Hall 30 Henry unk Hancock 25 Colquitt
28 unknown 24 Richmond 21 DeKalb 41 Cook 34 Muscogee 18 Richmond 36 Troup unk Burke 27 Dougherty

Crime

Execution Date

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

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

Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder 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

Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder

02/24/1937 04/19/1937 05/14/1937 05/21/1937 05/21/1937 05/24/1937 05/28/1937 06/14/1937 06/18/1937

Name
Worthy, James aka Tyson Young, Charlie Jackson, Mitchell Douberly, Willie E. Ward, Lawrence. Pinson, Clinton Daniels, Willie Frank

Race
BM BM BM WM WM BM 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

BM

ABnradnrneown, Robert Lee

BM

Wadell, Jennings

BM

Watson, Johnnie

BM

Hayes, Eddie Bennie

BM

Bland, William Henry

BM

Anderson, Charlie

BM

Jenkins, Willie

BM

Alford, Albert

BM

Shivers, James

BM

Strickland, Charlie

BM

Morton, Edward Leroy

BM

County of
Age Conviction
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
33 Coweta 19 Coweta 23 Henry 18 Fulton 23 Fulton 32 Hart
38 Fayette 25 Terrell 28 Jefferson

Crime
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

Execution
Date
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

02/09/1940

Murder

02/09/1940

Murder

03/22/1940

Murder

05/17/1940

Rape

08/16/1940

Rape

08/16/1940

Murder

08/23/1940

Robbery by Force 08/23/1940

Murder

10/04/1940

Rape

10/18/1940

Murder

11/08/1940

Murder

12/13/1940

Murder

12/13/1940

Murder

12/27/1940

Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape

01/03/1941 01/03/1941 05/12/1941 05/23/1941 05/23/1941 10/10/1941

Rape Murder Murder

01/30/1942 01/31/1942 02/06/1942

Name
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. 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

Race
BM WM WM BM BM WM BM BM
BM BM WM BM WM BM BM BM BM BM WM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM
BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM WM
BM BM BM WM BF BM WM BM BM BM BM BM WM WM BM BM BM BM BM

County of

Age

Conviction

35

DeKalb

24

Thomas

28

Elbert

25

Fulton

23

Taylor

24

DeKalb

20

Brantley

26

Thomas

31

Muscogee

21

Fulton

29

Catoosa

20

Cobb

30

Tift

17

Wayne

23

Fulton

26

Bibb

21

Fulton

28

Polk

43

Paulding

27

Fulton

16

Paulding

23

Meriwether

23

Spalding

20

Laurens

17

Meriwether

22

Henry

28

Bibb

28

Bibb

18

Fulton

22

Fulton

24

Taylor

72

Laurens

26

Bibb

26

Bibb

36

Burke

41

Fulton

21

Fulton

22

Fulton

28

Fulton

22

Forsyth

44

Randolph

19

Newton

39

Pike

24

Houston

21

Bibb

18

Cobb

23

Houston

40

Sumter

26

Chatham

40

Baldwin

27

Fulton

27

Early

29

Chatham

23

Fulton

37

Laurens

Crime
Rape Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder

Execution
Date
03/06/1942 03/11/1942 05/15/1942 07/02/1942 07/10/1942 10/16/1942 10/16/1942 11/26/1942

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

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

Rape Murder Rape Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape

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

Murder

01/19/1945

Murder

01/19/1945

Rape

03/02/1945

Murder

03/02/1945

Murder

03/05/1945

Murder

03/09/1945

Murder

03/09/1945

Murder

04/27/1945

Murder

05/11/1945

Murder

05/11/1945

Rape

06/01/1945

Rape

06/29/1945

Murder

07/28/1945

Murder

08/24/1945

Robbery by Force 08/24/1945

Rape

09/21/1945

Murder

11/09/1945

Murder

11/09/1945

Murder

11/30/1945

Name
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 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.

Race
BM BM BM BM BM BM BM WM WM WM BM BM BM BM BM BM
BM BM WM BM WM BM BM BM BM BM WM BM BM BM BM WM
BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM WM WM BM
WM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM
BM

County of Age Conviction

34

Grady

19

Bibb

26

Fulton

28

Ware

30

Fulton

28

Oglethorpe

41

Laurens

22

Chatham

23

Clarke

29

Candler

16

Fulton

22

Lee

17

Lee

19

Irwin

29

Cook

19

Ware

23

Chatham

23

Chatham

38

Chatham

38

Oglethorpe

29

Ben Hill

30

Franklin

24

Screv en

17

Bibb

27

Chatham

25

Richmond

18

Jefferson

26

Stewart

43

Warren

21

Dougherty

29

Mitchell

53

Morgan

37

Sumter

27

Sumter

23

Carroll

37

Randolph

18

Fulton

26

Floyd

43

Jefferson

22

Fulton

55

Carroll

32

Carroll

21

Towns

26

Towns

25

Greene

44

Muscogee

25

Bibb

39

Worth

33

Fulton

23

Fulton

17

Sumter

18

Sumter

26

Burke

22

Peach

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

Execution
Date
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
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
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 10/15/1948 11/05/1948 11/05/1948 11/26/1948
04/08/1949 04/20/1949 05/20/1949 06/01/1949 08/19/1949 09/12/1949 09/12/1949 12/16/1949
01/27/1950

Name
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
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

Race
BM WM BM BM BM BM BM BM WM
WM WM WM
BM BM WM WM BM BM WM
WM BM BM WM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM
BM BM BM WM BM BM BM BM
BM WM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM BM
WM BM

County of

Age Conviction

39

DeKalb

29

Fulton

19

Chatham

20

Richmond

24

Richmond

20

Richmond

30

Richmond

27

Clay

54

Coweta

47

Crisp

31

Chatham

27

Chatham

47

Worth

28

Clinch

26

Clinch

37

Richmond

19

Gwinnett

45

Pike

43

Floyd

39

Floyd

48

DeKalb

30

Richmond

33

White

42

Putman

22

Grady

20

Emanuel

30

Coffee

24

Fulton

29

Jones

35

Chatham

67

Berrien

26

Floyd

34

Clarke

20

Chatham

23

Screv en

56

Chatham

31

Coweta

33

Ware

19

Walton

30

Glynn

20

Cherokee

32

Chatham

18

Baldwin

17

Baldwin

35

Richmond

35

Fulton

55

Colquitt

17

Upson

19

Upson

19

Schley

18

Richmond

44

Coweta

Crime
Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Robbery by Force Murder

Execution
Date
04/21/1950 04/28/1950 05/26/1950 08/18/1950 08/18/1950 08/18/1950 09/29/1950 10/28/1950 11/03/1950

Murder Murder Murder

11/03/1950 11/21/1950 11/21/1950

Murder Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder

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

Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder Murder 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

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

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

01/22/1954 02/05/1954 05/25/1954 06/11/1954 06/15/1954 06/15/1954 08/06/1954 09/17/1954 11/05/1954 11/19/1954 11/19/1954 11/12/1954

Murder Murder

01/07/1955 04/15/1955

Name
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 Davis, Herring Johnson, Nathaniel Wimis, Oscar James
Mullins, Roy Lee Johnson, Thurmond Watt, George
Smith, Sammie Lee
Jones, Orelander Chandler, Ollie
Pugh, J.W. Dye, Bernard
Smith, John Eldon
Stanley, Ivon Ray

Race
BM BM
BM BM WM BM BM BM
BM WM WM WM BM BM BM BM BM WM BM BM BM BM
BM BM BM BM WM BM
BM BM BM BM
BM WM BM BM BM BM
WM BM BM
BM
WM BM
BM BM
WM
BM

County of

Age Conviction

53

Colquitt

25

Calhoun

39

Muscogee

29

Fulton

37

Bartow

27

Calhoun

25

Fulton

48

Worth

25

Cobb

32

Fulton

32

DeKalb

47

Miller

23

Muscogee

34

Burke

18

Fulton

39

Fulton

37

Fulton

25

Richmond

29

Fulton

41

Harris

59

Laurens

26

Berrien

23

Richmond

23

Chatham

26

Harris

36

Cobb

54

Colquitt

20

Fulton

54

Bryan

36

Dougherty

23

Chatham

37

Fulton

26

Talbot

34

Columbia

54

Warren

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

Crime
Murder Robbery by Force

Execution Date
04/15/1955 06/17/1955

Murder Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder

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

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

Rape Murder Murder Rape Murder Murder

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

Murder Murder Murder Murder

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

Robbery by Force Murder Murder Murder Rape Murder

01/15/1960 03/04/1960 06/10/1960 06/24/1960 07/01/1960 11/21/1960

Murder Murder Rape

01/20/1961 03/24/1961 08/11/1961

Murder

11/14/1962

Murder Murder

10/04/1963 10/18/1963

Murder Murder

01/14/1964 10/16/1964

Murder

12/15/1983

Murder

07/12/1984

Name

Race

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

Spivey, Ronald K.

WM

Housel, Tracy Lee

WM

Fugate, III Wallace

WM

Putman, William

WM

Moon, Larry Eugene

WM

Isaacs, Carl

WM

Brown, James W.

WM

Hicks, Robert Karl

WM

Crawford, Eddie A.

WM

Carr, Timothy Don

WM

Mobley, Stephen A.

WM

Conklin, Robert Dale

WM

Hightower, John Washington BM

Alderman, Jack

WM

Osborne, Curtis

BM

County of

Age Conviction

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

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

Crime 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 Murder

Execution Date 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
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

Name 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 Lawler, Gregory Spears, Steven F. Sallie, William
Ledford, J.W. Jr.
Gary, Carlton Butts, Robert Earl
Morrow, Scott Garnell Wilson, Marion Jr.

Race WM
WM WM WM
WM WM
WM BM WM BM
WM
BM BM
WM BM WF WM BM
BM WM WM BM WM WM WM WM WM
WM
BM BM
BM BM

County of

Age Conviction

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

64

Fulton

54

Lumpkin

60

Bacon

46

Murray

68

Muscogee

41

Baldwin

52

Hall

42

Baldwin

Crime 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

Execution Date
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 10/19/2016 11/16/2016 12/06/2016
05/17/2017
03/15/2018 05/04/2018
05/02/2019 06/20/2019

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 1924-2019

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

TOTAL 495

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 9 2017 1 2018 2 2019 2