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List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state)

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This is a list of people executed in Georgia. Since 1976, a total of 69 convicted murderers have been executed by the state of Georgia in the United States.

Contents

Summary of executions

  • Gender
  • Male: 68 (99%)
  • Female: 1 (1%)
  • Method
  • Electric chair: 23 (33%)
  • Lethal injection: 46 (67%)

    • Record number of executions

    In 2016, the State of Georgia executed nine individuals. This set a record for the most executions conducted in Georgia in a calendar year. Prior to this, the most executions conducted in the state were five executions. This happened in 1987 and again in 2015.

    Prior to 1976

  • Lena Baker was an African American maid who was executed on March 5, 1945, for killing her employer. In 2005, the Georgia State Board of Pardons and Paroles granted a pardon saying a verdict of manslaughter would have been more appropriate.
  • The first individual electrocuted for a crime and sentenced to death (in Georgia) was Howard Henson, a black male, for rape and robbery; by electrocution on September 13, 1924, in DeKalb County. (See http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions3.html through http://genealogytrails.com/geo/executions5.html.)

    • References

    List of people executed in Georgia (U.S. state) Wikipedia
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