List of individuals executed in Louisiana
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A total of 27 individuals convicted of murder have been executed by the state of Louisiana since 1976:
| Executed person | Date of execution | method | Victims | Under Governor | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Robert W. Williams | 14 December 1983 | electric chair | Willie Kelly. | David C. Treen |
| 2 | John Taylor | 29 February 1984 | electric chair | David Vogler. | Edwin Edwards |
| 3 | Elmo Patrick Sonnier | 5 April 1984 | electric chair | Loretta Bourque and David LeBlanc. | Edwin Edwards |
| 4 | Timothy Baldwin | 10 September 1984 | electric chair | Mary Lee Peters. | Edwin Edwards |
| 5 | Ernest Knighton | 30 October 1984 | electric chair | Ralph Shell. | Edwin Edwards |
| 6 | Robert Lee Willie | 28 December 1984 | electric chair | Faith Hathaway. | Edwin Edwards |
| 7 | David Martin | 4 January 1985 | electric chair | Bobby Todd. | Edwin Edwards |
| 8 | Benjamin Berry | 7 June 1987 | electric chair | Robert Cochran. | Edwin Edwards |
| 9 | Alvin Moore | 8 June 1987 | electric chair | Jo Ann Wilson. | Edwin Edwards |
| 10 | Jimmy Glass | 12 June 1987 | electric chair | Newt Brown and Erlene Brown. | Edwin Edwards |
| 11 | Jimmy Wingo | 12 June 1987 | electric chair | Newt Brown and Erlene Brown. | Edwin Edwards |
| 12 | Willie Celestine | 20 July 1987 | electric chair | Marcelaine Richard. | Edwin Edwards |
| 13 | Willie Watson | 24 July 1987 | electric chair | Kathy Newman. | Edwin Edwards |
| 14 | John Brogdon | 30 July 1987 | electric chair | Barbara Jo Brown. | Edwin Edwards |
| 15 | Sterling Rault | 24 August 1987 | electric chair | Jane Ellen Francioni. | Edwin Edwards |
| 16 | Wayne Felde | 15 March 1988 | electric chair | Glen Thompkins. | Buddy Roemer |
| 17 | Leslie Lowenfield | 13 April 1988 | electric chair | Shiela Thomas, Shantel Osborne, Carol Osborne, Owen Griffin, and Myrtle Griffin. | Buddy Roemer |
| 18 | Edward Byme | 14 June 1988 | electric chair | Robert Johnson. | Buddy Roemer |
| 19 | Dalton Prejean | 18 May 1990 | electric chair | Donald Cleveland. | Buddy Roemer |
| 20 | Andrew Lee Jones | 22 July 1991 | electric chair | Tumekica Jackson. | Buddy Roemer |
| 21 | Robert Sawyer | 5 March 1993 | lethal injection | Frances Arwood. | Edwin Edwards |
| 22 | Thomas Lee Ward | 16 March 1995 | lethal injection | Wilbert Spencer. | Edwin Edwards |
| 23 | Antonio James | 1 March 1996 | lethal injection | Henry Silver. | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
| 24 | John A. Brown, Jr. | 24 April 1997 | lethal injection | Omer Laughlin. | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
| 25 | Dobie Gillis Williams | 8 January 1999 | lethal injection | Sonja Knippers. | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
| 26 | Feltus Taylor | 6 June 2000 | lethal injection | Donna Ponsano. | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
| 27 | Leslie Dale Martin | 10 May 2002 | lethal injection | Christina Burgin. | Murphy J. Foster, Jr. |
