Louisiana
2026
STATUSRetentionist
EXECUTIONS 20260
SENTENCES0
From the country
- DECEMBER 28, 2000LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Two innocents men released from death row
Two innocents men released from death row
- JUNE 6, 2000LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
Feltus Taylor, 38, black, was executed by lethal injection...
Feltus Taylor, 38, black, was executed by lethal injection in Louisiana State Penitentiary
- APRIL 22, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
On April 22, Jeanerette lawmaker Troy Hebert said...
On April 22, Jeanerette lawmaker Troy Hebert said he wanted executions to be along the lines of the old courthouse steps hangings - to let people realize the consequences of their actions, he said
- JANUARY 8, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The only execution in Louisiana in 1999 was of Dobie...
The only execution in Louisiana in 1999 was of Dobie Gillis Williams, executed at the Louisiana State Penitentiary on January 8 for the bloody 1984 murder of Sonja Knippers
- JANUARY 1, 1999LouisianaDEATH PENALTY
The Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, which had...
The Loyola Death Penalty Resource Center, which had defended many of those on Louisiana's death row and helped to free some who were innocent, was forced to close its doors in 1999 because of lack of funding