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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia . For people executed by Louisiana after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v.
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 electrocution 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. [1]
The Superintendent of the Louisiana State Police also serves as ex officio Deputy Secretary of Public Safety Services, with more than 2600 personnel. Beginning January 8, 2024, Robert P. Hodges will replace outgoing Colonel Lamar Davis [13] as the 27th Louisiana State Police superintendent and deputy secretary of Public Safety Services. [14] [15]
Louisiana State Police is not releasing the name of the deceased until his family is notified. This article originally appeared on The Courier: Man dies during Lafourche Sheriff's Office arrest ...
Booking mugshots are back in Louisiana with a new law repealing restrictions to their publication and distribution taking effect Aug. 1. Republican Shreveport Sen. Alan Seabugh said he sponsored ...
BATON ROUGE, La. (BRPROUD) — Deputies arrested 10 suspects from Louisiana accused of using social media to target children. The investigation was conducted by the Livingston Parish Sheriff’s ...
Louisiana experienced a higher murder and non-negligent manslaughter rate (14.5 per 100,000) than any other U.S. state in 2023 for the 35th straight year (1989–2023), according to The 2023 FBI Uniform Crime Report. [2] Louisiana averaged 13.7 murders per 100,000, compared to the U.S. average of 6.6 murders per 100,000 from 1989- 2014.
A Louisiana Senate panel signed off on a bill Wednesday that would essentially rewrite state public records law by exempting nearly every record at all levels of government from public scrutiny.