List of people executed in Louisiana


The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana since capital punishment was resumed in 1976.
A total of 28 people convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976. Of the 28 people executed, 20 were executed via electric chair and 8 via lethal injection. The most recent Louisiana inmate to be put to death, Gerald Bordelon, waived his appeals and asked the state to carry out his sentence.
#NameRaceAgeSexDate of
Execution		Method of
Execution		VictimGovernor
1Robert Wayne WilliamsBlack31M14 December 1983Electric chairWillie KellyDavid C. Treen
2Johnny Davis Taylor, Jr.Black30M29 February 1984Electric chairDavid VoglerDavid C. Treen
3Elmo Patrick SonnierWhite35M5 April 1984Electric chairLoretta Bourque and David LeBlancEdwin Edwards
4Timothy George BaldwinWhite46M10 September 1984Electric chairMary Lee PetersEdwin Edwards
5Earnest Knighton, Jr.Black38M30 October 1984Electric chairRalph ShellEdwin Edwards
6Robert Lee WillieWhite26M28 December 1984Electric chairFaith HathawayEdwin Edwards
7David Dene MartinWhite32M4 January 1985Electric chairBobby Todd, Terry Hebert, Sandra Brake, and Anne TierneyEdwin Edwards
8Benjamin A. BerryWhite31M7 June 1987Electric chairRobert CochranEdwin Edwards
9Alvin Rudolph Moore, Jr.Black27M9 June 1987Electric chairJo Ann WilsonEdwin Edwards
10Jimmy L. GlassWhite25M12 June 1987Electric chairNewt Brown and Erlene BrownEdwin Edwards
11Jimmy C. WingoWhite35M16 June 1987Electric chairNewt Brown and Erlene BrownEdwin Edwards
12Willie Lawrence CelestineBlack30M20 July 1987Electric chairMarcelaine RichardEdwin Edwards
13Willie WatsonBlack31M24 July 1987Electric chairKathy NewmanEdwin Edwards
14John E. BrogdonWhite25M30 July 1987Electric chairBarbara Jo BrownEdwin Edwards
15Sterling John Rault, Jr.White36M24 August 1987Electric chairJane Ellen FrancioniEdwin Edwards
16Wayne Robert FeldeWhite38M15 March 1988Electric chairGlen ThompkinsBuddy Roemer
17Leslie LowenfieldBlack34M13 April 1988Electric chairShiela Thomas, Shantel Osborne, Carol Osborne, Owen Griffin, and Myrtle GriffinBuddy Roemer
18Edward R. Byrne, Jr.White28M14 June 1988Electric chairRoberta June JohnsonBuddy Roemer
19Dalton PrejeanBlack30M18 May 1990Electric chairLouisiana State Police Trooper Donald ClevelandBuddy Roemer
20Andrew Lee JonesBlack35M22 July 1991Electric chairTumekica JacksonBuddy Roemer
21Robert Wayne SawyerWhite41M5 March 1993Lethal injectionFrances ArwoodEdwin Edwards
22Thomas Lee WardBlack59M16 May 1995Lethal injectionWilbert John SpencerEdwin Edwards
23Antonio G. JamesBlack42M1 March 1996Lethal injectionHenry SilverMurphy J. Foster, Jr.
24John Ashley Brown, Jr.White35M24 April 1997Lethal injectionOmer LaughlinMurphy J. Foster, Jr.
25Dobie Gillis WilliamsBlack38M8 January 1999Lethal injectionSonja KnippersMurphy J. Foster, Jr.
26Feltus Taylor, Jr.Black38M6 June 2000Lethal injectionDonna PonsanoMurphy J. Foster, Jr.
27Leslie Dale MartinWhite35M10 May 2002Lethal injectionChristina BurginMurphy J. Foster, Jr.
28Gerald BordelonWhite47M7 January 2010Lethal injectionCourtney LeBlancBobby Jindal