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Louisiana State Penitentiary is the location of the State of Louisiana's male death row and execution chamber. Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Louisiana. Despite remaining a legal penalty, there have been no executions in Louisiana since 2010, and no involuntary executions since 2002.
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 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.
Antoinette Renee Frank (born April 30, 1971) [1] is a former officer of the New Orleans Police Department (NOPD) who, on March 4, 1995, committed a violent armed robbery at a restaurant which resulted in the killing of two members of the Vietnamese-American family who ran the establishment, and fellow NOPD officer Ronald A. Williams II.
In rising chronological order, with death date specified. If relevant, also the context of the words or the circumstances of death are specified. If there is controversy or uncertainty concerning a person's last words, this is described in footnotes. For additional suicide notes, see Suicide note.
Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
The 14 victims of the New Orleans truck attack all suffered fatal injuries on Bourbon Street in New Orleans, the coroner's office said. Two new names not previously reported were Brandon Taylor, 43, of Harvey, Louisiana and Elliot Wilkinson, 40, of Slidell, Louisiana. The youngest victim was 18 years old and the oldest 63. Most victims were in ...
The New Year's Day attack in New Orleans, as revelers ushered in 2025, was the latest attack. ... Below is a list in reverse chronological order of some high-profile incidents in which a vehicle ...
John Ashley Brown Jr. (c.1962/1963 [1] – April 24, 1997) was an American from New Orleans who was convicted of first-degree murder and incarcerated on death row in Louisiana State Penitentiary for 12 years. He was one of six inmates featured in the 1998 documentary entitled The Farm: Angola, USA. He was executed in 1997 for the murder of Omer ...