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.

1 day ago · Since 1976, Louisiana has carried out 28 executions; 20 deaths by electrocution, 8 by lethal injection. There are currently 63 inmates on death row in Louisiana. Click here to report a typo.

2 days ago · Gov. Jeff Landry is pushing Louisiana to resume executing death row prisoners, with the state potentially carrying out its first executions since 2010 next month with nitrogen gas on the table. A ...

6 days ago · NEW ORLEANS (AP) — Louisiana will seek to resume carrying out death sentences in the coming months after a 15-year pause, this time using nitrogen gas as the execution method, the state’s attorney general said Tuesday.. Attorney General Liz Murrill told The Associated Press that she expects at least four people on death row to be executed this year.

5 days ago · Louisiana has not executed anyone in 15 years. Now, under a pair of death warrants signed this week, the state could soon execute two people back-to-back. Judges in St. Tammany Parish and DeSoto ...

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. Execution protocols are tied up in litigation due to a 2012 lawsuit challenging Louisiana's lethal injection procedures.

5 days ago · Louisiana's execution of Christopher Sepulvado on March 17 would mark the end of a 15-year break in executions in the state, which plans to use nitrogen gas. Arizona's execution of Aaron Gunches ...

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.

6 days ago · Governor Jeff Landry and Attorney General Liz Murrill say it’s time to resume executions. However, anti-death penalty forces condemn that plan. For years, Louisiana used lethal injection to kill those sentenced to die for their crimes.

1990 — Dalton Prejean is exe­cut­ed in Louisiana by the elec­tric chair for a crime he com­mit­ted at age 17. Mr. Prejean was con­vict­ed by an all-white jury and had brain dam­age, with an IQ of 71.