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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 following is a list of the stages in the appellate process that must be completed before the state can move forward with the inmate's execution: [1] The Direct Appeal; State Post-Conviction Review; Federal Habeas Corpus; Of those who have exhausted their appeals, some are immediately eligible to be executed but some are not.
As of January 1, 2025, there were 2,092 death row inmates in the United States, including 46 women. [1] The number of death row inmates changes frequently with new convictions, appellate decisions overturning conviction or sentence alone, commutations, or deaths (through execution or otherwise). [2]
The office of Louisiana Gov. Jeff Landry released a summary of the state's updated execution protocol on Monday alongside a pledge to move forward with the death penalty for the first time since 2010.
Approximately 60 inmates are on death row in Louisiana, but executions have stalled due to legal challenges and drug shortages. Also on the list of state sanctioned execution methods is ...
Christopher Sepulvado, the 81-year-old man who was facing execution next month for the 1992 murder of his stepson, died overnight at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, according to his attorney.
State Method Ref. At execution At offense Age difference; 1 January 31, 2025 Marion Bowman Jr. 44 20 24 Male Black South Carolina: Lethal injection [4] 2 February 5, 2025 Steven Lawayne Nelson: 37 24 13 Texas [5] 3 February 6, 2025 Demetrius Terrence Frazier: 52 19 33 Alabama: Nitrogen hypoxia [6] 4 February 13, 2025 James Dennis Ford: 64 36 28 ...
Louisiana hasn’t carried out a death row execution since 2010, but between a new conservative governor who is in favor of capital punishment and other states implementing alternative methods to ...