Capital Punishment in Louisiana - Individuals Executed Since 1976

Individuals Executed Since 1976

A total of 28 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976:

Executed person Date of execution Method Victims Under Governor
1 Robert Wayne Williams 14 December 1983 electric chair Willie Kelly. David C. Treen
2 Johnny Taylor, Jr. 29 February 1984 electric chair David Vogler.
3 Elmo Patrick Sonnier 5 April 1984 electric chair Loretta Bourque and David LeBlanc. Edwin Edwards
4 Timothy G. Baldwin 10 September 1984 electric chair Mary Lee Peters.
5 Ernest Knighton, Jr. 30 October 1984 electric chair Ralph Shell.
6 Robert Lee Willie 28 December 1984 electric chair Faith Hathaway.
7 David Dene Martin 4 January 1985 electric chair Bobby Todd.
8 Benjamin Berry 7 June 1987 electric chair Robert Cochran.
9 Alvin R. Moore, Jr. 8 June 1987 electric chair Jo Ann Wilson.
10 Jimmy L. Glass 12 June 1987 electric chair Newt Brown and Erlene Brown.
11 Jimmy Wingo 16 June 1987 electric chair Newt Brown and Erlene Brown.
12 Willie Celestine 20 July 1987 electric chair Marcelaine Richard.
13 Willie Watson 24 July 1987 electric chair Kathy Newman.
14 John E. Brogdon 30 July 1987 electric chair Barbara Jo Brown.
15 Sterling J. Rault, Jr. 24 August 1987 electric chair Jane Ellen Francioni.
16 Wayne Robert Felde 15 March 1988 electric chair Glen Thompkins. Buddy Roemer
17 Leslie Lowenfield 13 April 1988 electric chair Shiela Thomas, Shantel Osborne, Carol Osborne, Owen Griffin, and Myrtle Griffin.
18 Edward R. Byme, Jr. 14 June 1988 electric chair Robert Johnson.
19 Dalton Prejean 18 May 1990 electric chair Donald Cleveland.
20 Andrew Lee Jones 22 July 1991 electric chair Tumekica Jackson.
21 Robert Wayne Sawyer 5 March 1993 lethal injection Frances Arwood. Edwin Edwards
22 Thomas Lee Ward 16 March 1995 lethal injection Wilbert John Spencer.
23 Antonio G. James 1 March 1996 lethal injection Henry Silver. Murphy J. Foster, Jr.
24 John Ashley Brown, Jr. 24 April 1997 lethal injection Omer Laughlin.
25 Dobie Gillis Williams 8 January 1999 lethal injection Sonja Knippers.
26 Feltus Taylor, Jr. 6 June 2000 lethal injection Donna Ponsano.
27 Leslie Dale Martin 10 May 2002 lethal injection Christina Burgin.
28 Gerald Bordelon 7 January 2010 lethal injection Courtney LeBlanc Bobby Jindal

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