OIT Data Management: The Death Penalty History of the Death Penalty In Georgia Executions by Year 1924 - 2020 Prepared by: OIT - Data Management Analyst: Clayton Hampton Date Prepared: February 3, 2020 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." Executions in Georgia 1924-2020 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 Age 18 24 28 48 47 29 30 27 22 24 26 42 29 County of Conviction Fulton Marion Elbert Worth Fulton Banks Fulton Fulton Fulton Pickens Candler Johnson 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 Screven 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 Screven 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. Cromartie, Ray Jefferson Lance, Donnie Cleveland 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 BM WM 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 52 Thomas 66 Jackson 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 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 11/13/2019 01/29/2020 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 1924-2020 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 497 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 3 2020 1 1