List of people executed in Texas, 1982–1989

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The following is a list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas between 1982 (when the state resumed executions) to 1989. All of the 33 people during this period were convicted of murder and have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas.[1][2]

Executions 1982–89

The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty). Thus, Charles Brooks Jr. was not only the first person executed in the 1980 decade, he was also the first person executed since Texas resumed the death penalty.

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1982 – 1 execution
# Executed person Ethnicity Age Sex Date of
execution		 County Victim(s) Governor

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1Charles Brooks Jr.Black40M07-Dec-1982TarrantDavid GregoryBill Clements
1984 – 3 executions
2James David AutryWhite29M14-Mar-1984JeffersonShirley Drouet and Joe BroussardMark White
3Ronald Clark O'BryanWhite39M31-Mar-1984HarrisTimothy O'Bryan
4Thomas Andy BarefootWhite39M30-Oct-1984BellHarker Heights police officer Carl Irving LeVin
1985 – 6 executions
5Doyle Edward Skillern[4]White49M16-Jan-1985Lubbock[a]TDPS narcotics agent Patrick Randel
6Stephen Peter MorinWhite34M13-Mar-1985JeffersonCarrie Marie Scott and Janna Bruce[b]
7Jesse De La RosaHispanic24M15-May-1985BexarMasaoud Ghazali
8Charles MiltonBlack34M25-Jun-1985TarrantManaree Denton
9Henry Martinez Porter[5]Hispanic43M09-Jul-1985Fort Worth police officer Henry Mailloux
10Charles Francis RumbaughWhite28M11-Sep-1985PotterMichael Fiorello
1986 – 10 executions
11Charles William Bass[6]White30M12-Mar-1986HarrisHouston City Marshall Charles Baker
12Jeffery Allen BarneyWhite28M16-Apr-1986Ruby Mae Longsworth
13Jay Kelly PinkertonWhite24M15-May-1986NuecesSarah Donn Lawrence
14Rudy Ramos Esquivel[7]Hispanic50M09-Jun-1986HarrisHouston police officer Timothy Hearn
15Kenneth Albert BrockWhite37M19-Jun-1986Michael Sedita
16Randy Lynn WoollsWhite36M20-Aug-1986Tom GreenBetty Stotts
17Larry SmithBlack30M22-Aug-1986DallasMike Mason
18Chester Lee WickerWhite37M26-Aug-1986GalvestonSuzanne Knuth
19Michael Wayne Evans[8]Black30M04-Dec-1986DallasElvira Guerrero and Mario Garza
20Richard AndradeHispanic25M18-Dec-1986NuecesCordelia Mae Guevara
1987 – 6 executions
21Ramon Pedro HernandezHispanic44M30-Jan-1987El PasoOscar Martin FrayreBill Clements
22Eliseo Hernandez Moreno[9]Hispanic27M04-Mar-1987Fort Bend6 murder victims[c]
23Anthony Charles WilliamsBlack27M28-May-1987HarrisVickie Lynn Wright
24Elliot Rod Johnson[10]Black38M24-Jun-1987JeffersonJoseph Granado and Arturo Melendez
25John Russell ThompsonWhite32M08-Jul-1987BexarMary Knuepper
26Joseph Blaine StarvaggiWhite34M10-Sep-1987MontgomeryJohn Denson
1988 – 3 executions
27Robert L. StreetmanWhite27M07-Jan-1988HardinChristine Baker
28Donald Gene FranklinBlack37M03-Nov-1988Nueces[d]Mary Margaret Moran
29Raymond Landry, Sr.Black39M13-Dec-1988HarrisKosmas Prittis
1989 – 4 executions
30Leon Rutherford KingBlack44M22-Mar-1989HarrisMichael Underwood
31Stephen Albert McCoyWhite40M24-May-1989Cynthia Johnson
32James Emery PasterWhite44M20-Sep-1989Robert Howard[e]
33Carlos DeLunaHispanic27M07-Dec-1989NuecesWanda Jean Lopez
Sources: List of executed offenders by the TDJC since 1982,[1] and The Espy File: 1608–2002.[2]
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Preceded by
List of people executed in Texas, 1960–1964		 Lists of people executed in Texas Succeeded by
List of people executed in Texas, 1990–1999

Notes

  1. [a]
    On a change of venue from Live Oak.
  2. [b]
    Morin was also sentenced to death for the murder of Shiela Whalen in Colorado.
  3. [c]
    The 6 victims were: TDPS trooper Russell Lynn Boyd, Juan Garza, Esther Garza, Ann Bennatt, Allie Wilkins and James Bennatt. Moreno was executed for Boyd's murder.
  4. [d]
    On a change of venue from Bexar.
  5. [e]
    Paster was also convicted of murdering Cynthia Johnson.

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