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Leslie Dale Martin (April 24, 1967 – May 10, 2002) [1] was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Louisiana for the June 1991 rape and murder of 19-year-old Christina Burgin. [1] He remains the most recent person executed involuntarily in Louisiana. [2] [3]
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.
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 ...
1973 Littlefield, Texas bus/train crash; 7 killed plus 16 injured [195] [196] ... 1993 Big Bayou Canot rail accident, Mobile, Alabama; 47 killed plus 103 injured.
On September 22, 1993, an Amtrak Sunset Limited passenger train derailed on the CSX Transportation Big Bayou Canot Bridge near Mobile, Alabama, United States.It was caused by displacement of a span and deformation of the rails when a tow of heavy barges collided with the rail bridge eight minutes earlier.
The crash was one of several accidents in the area due to heavy fog, police said. St John Sheriff Mike Tregre said that there was a total of 25 crashes on the road, involving three 18-wheel trucks ...
An elevator plunged to the ground at a construction site. [116] Xiapu County, China: 12 2 June 1993 An elevator plunged to the ground from the 20th floor at a construction site. [117] North Point, Hong Kong: 11 25 April 2019 An elevator fell at a construction site due to a snapped cable. [118] Hengshui, China: 11 29 July 2011
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