List of people executed in Louisiana
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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana since capital punishment was resumed in the United States in 1976.
A total of 29 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 29 people executed, 20 were executed via electrocution, 8 via lethal injection and 1 via nitrogen hypoxia. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Jessie Hoffman Jr., was the first in the state to be executed by nitrogen hypoxia.{{cite web|url=https://deathpenaltyinfo.org/database/executions?state=Louisiana&federal=No|title=Execution Database | Death Penalty Information Center|publisher=Death Penalty Information Center|access-date=January 11, 2020}}{{Cite news |work=The Guardian |date=March 18, 2025 |title=Louisiana uses nitrogen gas for first time in death row execution|url=https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/mar/18/louisiana-nitrogen-gas-execution-jessie-hoffman-jr }}
List of people executed in Louisiana since 1976
class="wikitable sortable" style="text-align:center;" |
scope="col" | {{Abbr|No.|Number}}
! scope="col" | Name ! scope="col" | Race ! scope="col" | Age ! scope="col" | Sex ! scope="col" data-sort-type="date" | Date of execution ! scope="col" | Parish ! scope="col" | Method ! scope="col" | Victim(s) ! scope="col" | Governor |
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scope="row" | 1
| {{sortname|Robert Wayne|Williams}} | Black | 31 | M | December 14, 1983 | rowspan="20"|Electrocution{{efn|Since the reinstatement of the death penalty in 1976, Louisiana is one of only two states to have executed more people via electrocution than lethal injection (Nebraska, which required electrocution until 2009, is the other).}} | Willie Kelly | rowspan="2"|Dave Treen |
scope="row" | 2
| {{sortname|Johnny Davis|Taylor Jr.|nolink=1}} | Black | 30 | M | February 29, 1984 | David Vogler |
scope="row" | 3
| {{sortname|Elmo Patrick|Sonnier}} | White | 34 | M | April 5, 1984 | Iberia | Loretta Bourque and David LeBlanc | rowspan="13"|Edwin Edwards |
scope="row" | 4
| {{sortname|Timothy George|Baldwin|nolink=1}} | White | 46 | M | September 10, 1984 | Ouachita | Mary Lee Peters |
scope="row" | 5
| {{sortname|Earnest|Knighton Jr.|nolink=1}} | Black | 38 | M | October 30, 1984 | Bossier | Ralph Shell |
scope="row" | 6
| {{sortname|Robert Lee|Willie}} | White | 26 | M | December 28, 1984 | Faith Hathaway |
scope="row" | 7
| {{sortname|David Dene|Martin}} | White | 32 | M | January 4, 1985 | 4 murder victims{{efn|The 4 victims were: Bobby Todd, Terry Hebert, Sandra Brake, and Anne Tierney.}} |
scope="row" | 8
| {{sortname|Benjamin A.|Berry|nolink=1}} | White | 31 | M | June 7, 1987 | Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff Robert Cochran{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/8fad9a52f6db66407f42cf8566898d69|title=Benjamin Berry Dies In Electric Chair|last=Coates|first=Guy|work=Associated Press}} |
scope="row" | 9
| {{sortname|Alvin Rudolph|Moore Jr.|nolink=1}} | Black | 27 | M | June 9, 1987 | Bossier | Jo Ann Wilson |
scope="row" | 10
| {{sortname|Jimmy L.|Glass|Glass v. Louisiana}} | White | 25 | M | June 12, 1987 | rowspan="2"|Webster | rowspan="2"|Newt Brown and Erlene Brown |
scope="row" | 11
| {{sortname|Jimmy C.|Wingo|Glass v. Louisiana}} | White | 35 | M | June 16, 1987 |
scope="row" | 12
| {{sortname|Willie Lawrence|Celestine|nolink=1}} | Black | 30 | M | July 20, 1987 | Marcelaine Richard |
scope="row" | 13
| {{sortname|Willie|Watson|nolink=1}} | Black | 31 | M | July 24, 1987 | rowspan="2"|St. Charles | Kathy Newman |
scope="row" | 14
| {{sortname|John E.|Brogdon|nolink=1}} | White | 25 | M | July 30, 1987 | Barbara Jo Brown |
scope="row" | 15
| {{sortname|Sterling John|Rault Jr.|nolink=1}} | White | 36 | M | August 24, 1987{{efn|Louisiana executed a total of 8 inmates in 1987, the highest of all states for that calendar year and accounting for nearly a third of all executions in 1987.}} | Orleans | Jane Ellen Francioni |
scope="row" | 16
| {{sortname|Wayne Robert|Felde|nolink=1}} | White | 38 | M | March 15, 1988{{efn|Felde was executed 12 hours after Buddy Roemer's inauguration as Louisiana governor. Roemer and his predecessor, Edwin Edwards, each rejected appeals for clemency.}} | Caddo | Shreveport Police Officer Glen Tompkins{{cite news|url=https://apnews.com/article/92a2070bec65d3f9f6f81a7f1400bd69|title=Felde Executed In Louisiana With AM-Darden Bjt|last=McGill|first=Kevin|work=Associated Press}} | rowspan="5"|Buddy Roemer |
scope="row" | 17
| {{sortname|Leslie|Lowenfield|Lowenfield v. Phelps}} | Black | 34 | M | April 13, 1988 | 5 murder victims{{efn|The 5 victims were: Sheila Thomas, Shantel Osborne, Carol Osborne, Owen Griffin, and Myrtle Griffin.}} |
scope="row" | 18
| {{sortname|Edward R.|Byrne Jr.|nolink=1}}{{efn|Edward R. Byrne Jr. was the 100th person to be executed in the United States since the death penalty was reinstated in 1976.}} | White | 28 | M | June 14, 1988 | Bossier | Roberta June Johnson |
scope="row" | 19
| {{sortname|Dalton|Prejean}} | Black | 30 | M | May 18, 1990 | Louisiana State Police Trooper Donald Cleveland |
scope="row" | 20
| {{sortname|Andrew Lee|Jones}} | Black | 35 | M | July 22, 1991 | Tumekica Jackson |
scope="row" | 21
| {{sortname|Robert Wayne|Sawyer|Robert Sawyer (murderer)}} | White | 41 | M | March 5, 1993 | rowspan="8"|Lethal injection | Frances Arwood | rowspan="2"|Edwin Edwards |
scope="row" | 22
| {{sortname|Thomas Lee|Ward}} | Black | 59 | M | May 16, 1995 | rowspan="3"|Orleans | Wilbert John Spencer |
scope="row" | 23
| {{sortname|Antonio G.|James|Execution of Antonio James}} | Black | 42 | M | March 1, 1996 | Henry Silver | rowspan="5"|Mike Foster |
scope="row" | 24
| {{sortname|John Ashley|Brown Jr.|John A. Brown Jr.}} | White | 35 | M | April 24, 1997 | Omer Laughlin |
scope="row" | 25
| {{sortname|Dobie Gillis|Williams}} | Black | 38 | M | January 8, 1999 | Sabine{{efn|Was tried and convicted in Grant Parish.}} | Sonja Knippers |
scope="row" | 26
| {{sortname|Feltus|Taylor Jr.|Feltus Taylor}} | Black | 38 | M | June 6, 2000 | Donna Ponsano |
scope="row" | 27
| {{sortname|Leslie Dale|Martin}} | White | 35 | M | May 10, 2002 | Christina Burgin |
scope="row" | 28
| {{sortname|Gerald James|Bordelon|Gerald Bordelon}}{{efn|Bordelon waived all appeals and was voluntarily executed.}} | White | 47 | M | January 7, 2010 | Courtney LeBlanc |
scope="row" | 29
| {{sortname|Jessie Dean|Hoffman Jr.|Jessie Hoffman Jr.}} | Black | 46 | M | March 18, 2025 | rowspan="1"|Nitrogen hypoxia{{efn|Louisiana became the second state after Alabama to carry out executions by nitrogen hypoxia.}} | Mary Margaret Elliott | rowspan="1"|Jeff Landry |
Demographics
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colspan="3" | Race |
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White
| 15 | {{Percentage|15|29|0}} |
Black
| 14 | {{Percentage|14|29|0}} |
colspan="3" | Age |
20–29
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|29|0}} |
30–39
| 18 | {{Percentage|18|29|0}} |
40–49
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|29|0}} |
50–59
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
colspan="3" | Sex |
Male
| 29 | {{Percentage|29|29|0}} |
colspan="3" | Date of execution |
1976–1979
| 0 | {{Percentage|0|29|0}} |
1980–1989
| 18 | {{Percentage|18|29|0}} |
1990–1999
| 7 | {{Percentage|7|29|0}} |
2000–2009
| 2 | {{Percentage|2|29|0}} |
2010–2019
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
2020–2029
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
colspan="3" | Method |
Electrocution
| 20 | {{Percentage|20|29|0}} |
Lethal injection
| 8 | {{Percentage|8|29|0}} |
Nitrogen hypoxia
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
colspan="3" | Governor (Party) |
Edwin Edwards (D){{efn|Capital punishment in Louisiana was officially reinstated in 1977 (after a 1973 law was ruled unconstitutional by the Supreme Court) during Edwards' second of four terms as governor. His second term expired March 10, 1980. His third term was March 12, 1984-March 14, 1988; his fourth was January 13, 1992-January 8, 1996.}}
| 15 | {{Percentage|15|29|0}} |
Dave Treen (R)
| 2 | {{Percentage|2|29|0}} |
Buddy Roemer (D/R){{efn|Roemer switched his party affiliation from Democratic to Republican on March 11, 1991.}}
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|29|0}} |
Mike Foster (R)
| 5 | {{Percentage|5|29|0}} |
Kathleen Blanco (D)
| 0 | {{Percentage|0|29|0}} |
Bobby Jindal (R){{efn|Gerald Bordelon, the only person executed during Jindal's two terms, waived all appeals.}}
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
John Bel Edwards (D)
| 0 | {{Percentage|0|29|0}} |
Jeff Landry (R)
| 1 | {{Percentage|1|29|0}} |
Total
! 29 ! 100% |
See also
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