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Death Penalty Capital punishment is legal in the U.S. state of Louisiana. A total of 659 individuals have been executed in Louisiana including 28 since 1976. Toni Jo Henry (January 3, 1916 – November 28, 1942), born Annie Beatrice McQuiston, was the only woman executed in Louisianas electric chair (for the murder of Joseph P. Calloway)..