# 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 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.

## List of people executed in Louisiana since 1976

| No. | Name | Race | Age | Sex | Date of execution | Parish | Method | Victim(s) | Governor |
| 1 | Robert Wayne Williams | Black | 31 | M | December 14, 1983 | East Baton Rouge | Electrocution | Willie Kelly | Dave Treen |
| 2 | Johnny Davis Taylor Jr. | Black | 30 | M | February 29, 1984 | Jefferson | Electrocution | David Vogler | Dave Treen |
| 3 | Elmo Patrick Sonnier | White | 34 | M | April 5, 1984 | Iberia | Electrocution | Loretta Bourque and David LeBlanc | Edwin Edwards |
| 4 | Timothy George Baldwin | White | 46 | M | September 10, 1984 | Ouachita | Electrocution | Mary Lee Peters | Edwin Edwards |
| 5 | Earnest Knighton Jr. | Black | 38 | M | October 30, 1984 | Bossier | Electrocution | Ralph Shell | Edwin Edwards |
| 6 | Robert Lee Willie | White | 26 | M | December 28, 1984 | St. Tammany | Electrocution | Faith Hathaway | Edwin Edwards |
| 7 | David Dene Martin | White | 32 | M | January 4, 1985 | Terrebonne | Electrocution | 4 murder victims | Edwin Edwards |
| 8 | Benjamin A. Berry | White | 31 | M | June 7, 1987 | Jefferson | Electrocution | Jefferson Parish Deputy Sheriff Robert Cochran | Edwin Edwards |
| 9 | Alvin Rudolph Moore Jr. | Black | 27 | M | June 9, 1987 | Bossier | Electrocution | Jo Ann Wilson | Edwin Edwards |
| 10 | Jimmy L. Glass | White | 25 | M | June 12, 1987 | Webster | Electrocution | Newt Brown and Erlene Brown | Edwin Edwards |
| 11 | Jimmy C. Wingo | White | 35 | M | June 16, 1987 | Webster | Electrocution | Newt Brown and Erlene Brown | Edwin Edwards |
| 12 | Willie Lawrence Celestine | Black | 30 | M | July 20, 1987 | Lafayette | Electrocution | Marcelaine Richard | Edwin Edwards |
| 13 | Willie Watson | Black | 31 | M | July 24, 1987 | St. Charles | Electrocution | Kathy Newman | Edwin Edwards |
| 14 | John E. Brogdon | White | 25 | M | July 30, 1987 | St. Charles | Electrocution | Barbara Jo Brown | Edwin Edwards |
| 15 | Sterling John Rault Jr. | White | 36 | M | August 24, 1987 | Orleans | Electrocution | Jane Ellen Francioni | Edwin Edwards |
| 16 | Wayne Robert Felde | White | 38 | M | March 15, 1988 | Caddo | Electrocution | Shreveport Police Officer Glen Tompkins | Buddy Roemer |
| 17 | Leslie Lowenfield | Black | 34 | M | April 13, 1988 | Jefferson | Electrocution | 5 murder victims | Buddy Roemer |
| 18 | Edward R. Byrne Jr. | White | 28 | M | June 14, 1988 | Bossier | Electrocution | Roberta June Johnson | Buddy Roemer |
| 19 | Dalton Prejean | Black | 30 | M | May 18, 1990 | Lafayette | Electrocution | Louisiana State Police Trooper Donald Cleveland | Buddy Roemer |
| 20 | Andrew Lee Jones | Black | 35 | M | July 22, 1991 | East Baton Rouge | Electrocution | Tumekica Jackson | Buddy Roemer |
| 21 | Robert Wayne Sawyer | White | 41 | M | March 5, 1993 | Jefferson | Lethal injection | Frances Arwood | Edwin Edwards |
| 22 | Thomas Lee Ward | Black | 59 | M | May 16, 1995 | Orleans | Lethal injection | Wilbert John Spencer | Edwin Edwards |
| 23 | Antonio G. James | Black | 42 | M | March 1, 1996 | Orleans | Lethal injection | Henry Silver | Mike Foster |
| 24 | John Ashley Brown Jr. | White | 35 | M | April 24, 1997 | Orleans | Lethal injection | Omer Laughlin | Mike Foster |
| 25 | Dobie Gillis Williams | Black | 38 | M | January 8, 1999 | Sabine | Lethal injection | Sonja Knippers | Mike Foster |
| 26 | Feltus Taylor Jr. | Black | 38 | M | June 6, 2000 | East Baton Rouge | Lethal injection | Donna Ponsano | Mike Foster |
| 27 | Leslie Dale Martin | White | 35 | M | May 10, 2002 | Calcasieu | Lethal injection | Christina Burgin | Mike Foster |
| 28 | Gerald James Bordelon | White | 47 | M | January 7, 2010 | Livingston | Lethal injection | Courtney LeBlanc | Bobby Jindal |
| 29 | Jessie Hoffman Jr. | Black | 46 | M | March 18, 2025 | St. Tammany Parish | Nitrogen hypoxia | Molly Elliott | Jeff Landry |

## Demographics

Race :
| White | 15 | 52% |
| Black | 14 | 48% |
| Age |||
| 20–29 | 5 | 17% |
| 30–39 | 18 | 62% |
| 40–49 | 5 | 17% |
| 50–59 | 1 | 3% |
| Sex |||
| Male | 29 | 100% |
| Date of execution |||
| 1976–1979 | 0 | 0% |
| 1980–1989 | 18 | 62% |
| 1990–1999 | 7 | 24% |
| 2000–2009 | 2 | 7% |
| 2010–2019 | 1 | 3% |
| 2020–2029 | 1 | 3% |
| Method |||
| Electrocution | 20 | 69% |
| Lethal injection | 8 | 28% |
| Nitrogen hypoxia | 1 | 3% |
| Governor (Party) |||
| Edwin Edwards (D) | 15 | 52% |
| Dave Treen (R) | 2 | 7% |
| Buddy Roemer (D) | 5 | 17% |
| Mike Foster (R) | 5 | 17% |
| Kathleen Blanco (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Bobby Jindal (R) | 1 | 3% |
| John Bel Edwards (D) | 0 | 0% |
| Jeff Landry (R) | 1 | 3% |
| Total | 29 | 100% |