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This is a list of sovereign states in the 1950s, giving an overview of states around the world during the period between 1 January 1950 and 31 December 1959. It contains 108 entries, arranged alphabetically, with information on the status and recognition of their sovereignty .
Joseph A. Shakspeare, Mayor of New Orleans at the time of the March 14, 1891 lynchings; Eric Skrmetta, attorney from Metairie, Louisiana; Republican member of the Louisiana Public Service Commission for District 1; Jefferson B. Snyder, lived in New Orleans 1893–1897; later district attorney in three delta parishes in northeast Louisiana 1904 ...
Shot multiple times while exiting his vehicle on 4700 block of Miles Drive in New Orleans, Louisiana and later died at University Hospital. 31 May 2009: George Tiller, physician Scott Roeder: Shot by anti-abortion extremist as he ushered at his church. 1 July 2010: Lele El Arma Secreta, rapper, drug trafficker LA ONU
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 following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Louisiana before 1972, when capital punishment was briefly abolished by the Supreme Court's ruling in Furman v. Georgia. For people executed by Louisiana after the restoration of capital punishment by the Supreme Court's ruling in Gregg v.
Cynthia Hedge-Morrell (born 1947), member of the New Orleans City Council; Jean-Paul Morrell (born 1978), New Orleans lawyer and member of both houses of the Louisiana State Legislature; Jay Morris (born 1958), state representative from Ouachita and Morehouse parishes; deLesseps Morrison Jr. (1944–1996), state representative from Orleans Parish
The rough seas killed nine people offshore after capsizing the boat they were in. Further inland in Louisiana, the storm spawned two tornadoes, causing additional damage. Audrey also dropped heavy rainfall, peaking at 10.63 in (270 mm) near Basile. In Louisiana and Texas, where Audrey first impacted, the damage toll was $128 million.
Louisiana State Penitentiary is the location of the State of Louisiana's male death row and execution chamber 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.