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George A. Caldwell, sometimes known as Big George Caldwell (August 24, 1892 – March 12, 1966), was a Louisiana building contractor and state official. In the 1930s, during the Great Depression , he served as Superintendent for Construction at Louisiana State University , where he was known to "rake off 2 per cent of the cost of all building ...
The 1940 Louisiana legislature changed the method of execution, making execution by electrocution effective from June 1, 1941. Louisiana's electric chair did not have a permanent home at first, and was taken from parish to parish to perform the executions. The electrocution would usually be carried out in the courthouse or jail of the parish ...
Louisiana: 83–153 Black people killed at courthouse and as prisoners afterwards. [22] Coushatta massacre: 1874 Aug Coushatta: Louisiana: 11–26 Six whites, remainder black killed as political intimidation. [23] [24] Election riot of 1874: 1874 Nov 3 Eufaula: Alabama: 8 70 injured. White League Democrats drove African American Republicans ...
Antonio G. James (c. 1954 – March 1, 1996) was an American murderer.He was tried and executed in Louisiana for the murder of Henry Silver. James claims to have not been the murderer in the event and held that conviction to his death.
A total of ten military executions have been carried out by the United States Army under the provisions of the original Uniform Code of Military Justice of May 5, 1950. Executions must be approved by the president of the United States. [2] Only a general courts martial may award a sentence of death.
(Each dot is linked to the corresponding historic site article) This List of Louisiana state historic sites contains the 17 state historic sites governed by the Office of State Parks, a division of Louisiana Department of Culture, Recreation and Tourism in the U.S. state of Louisiana, as of 2011. [ 1 ]
[2] [10] Since the reinstatement of capital punishment in 1976, Williams was the first person to be executed in Louisiana, and the tenth in the United States. [11] He was also the second black person to be executed in the United States since 1976, as well as the first person to be executed for killing a black victim. [2] [7] [12]
Robert Lee Willie (January 2, 1958 – December 28, 1984) was an American serial killer who killed at least three people in Louisiana from the late 1970s to 1980. He was sentenced to death for the rape and murder of 18-year-old Faith Hathaway and was executed in 1984.