List of people executed in Texas, 1982–1989
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.
1982 – 1 execution | ||||||||
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# | Executed person | Ethnicity | Age | Sex | Date of execution | County | Victim(s) | Governor [3] |
1 | Charles Brooks Jr. | Black | 40 | M | 07-Dec-1982 | Tarrant | David Gregory | Bill Clements |
1984 – 3 executions | ||||||||
2 | James David Autry | White | 29 | M | 14-Mar-1984 | Jefferson | Shirley Drouet and Joe Broussard | Mark White |
3 | Ronald Clark O'Bryan | White | 39 | M | 31-Mar-1984 | Harris | Timothy O'Bryan | |
4 | Thomas Andy Barefoot | White | 39 | M | 30-Oct-1984 | Bell | Harker Heights police officer Carl Irving LeVin | |
1985 – 6 executions | ||||||||
5 | Doyle Edward Skillern[4] | White | 49 | M | 16-Jan-1985 | Lubbock[a] | TDPS narcotics agent Patrick Randel | |
6 | Stephen Peter Morin | White | 34 | M | 13-Mar-1985 | Jefferson | Carrie Marie Scott, Janna Bruce, and Shiela Whalen | |
7 | Jesse De La Rosa | Hispanic | 24 | M | 15-May-1985 | Bexar | Masaoud Ghazali | |
8 | Charles Milton | Black | 34 | M | 25-Jun-1985 | Tarrant | Manaree Denton | |
9 | Henry Martinez Porter[5] | Hispanic | 43 | M | 09-Jul-1985 | Fort Worth police officer Henry Mailloux | ||
10 | Charles Francis Rumbaugh | White | 28 | M | 11-Sep-1985 | Potter | Michael Fiorello | |
1986 – 10 executions | ||||||||
11 | Charles William Bass[6] | White | 30 | M | 12-Mar-1986 | Harris | Houston City Marshall Charles Baker | |
12 | Jeffery Allen Barney | White | 28 | M | 16-Apr-1986 | Ruby Mae Longsworth | ||
13 | Jay Kelly Pinkerton | White | 24 | M | 15-May-1986 | Nueces | Sarah Donn Lawrence | |
14 | Rudy Ramos Esquivel[7] | Hispanic | 50 | M | 09-Jun-1986 | Harris | Houston police officer Timothy Hearn | |
15 | Kenneth Albert Brock | White | 37 | M | 19-Jun-1986 | Michael Sedita | ||
16 | Randy Lynn Woolls | White | 36 | M | 20-Aug-1986 | Tom Green | Betty Stotts | |
17 | Larry Smith | Black | 30 | M | 22-Aug-1986 | Dallas | Mike Mason | |
18 | Chester Lee Wicker | White | 37 | M | 26-Aug-1986 | Galveston | Suzanne Knuth | |
19 | Michael Wayne Evans[8] | Black | 30 | M | 04-Dec-1986 | Dallas | Elvira Guerrero and Mario Garza | |
20 | Richard Andrade | Hispanic | 25 | M | 18-Dec-1986 | Nueces | Cordelia Mae Guevara | |
1987 – 6 executions | ||||||||
21 | Ramon Pedro Hernandez | Hispanic | 44 | M | 30-Jan-1987 | El Paso | Oscar Martin Frayre | Bill Clements |
22 | Eliseo Hernandez Moreno[9] | Hispanic | 27 | M | 04-Mar-1987 | Fort Bend | 6 murder victims[b] | |
23 | Anthony Charles Williams | Black | 27 | M | 28-May-1987 | Harris | Vickie Lynn Wright | |
24 | Elliot Rod Johnson[10] | Black | 38 | M | 24-Jun-1987 | Jefferson | Joseph Granado and Arturo Melendez | |
25 | John Russell Thompson | White | 32 | M | 08-Jul-1987 | Bexar | Mary Knuepper | |
26 | Joseph Blaine Starvaggi | White | 34 | M | 10-Sep-1987 | Montgomery | John Denson | |
1988 – 3 executions | ||||||||
27 | Robert L. Streetman | White | 27 | M | 07-Jan-1988 | Hardin | Christine Baker | |
28 | Donald Gene Franklin | Black | 37 | M | 03-Nov-1988 | Nueces | Mary Margaret Moran | |
29 | Raymond Landry, Sr. | Black | 39 | M | 13-Dec-1988 | Harris | Kosmas Prittis | |
1989 – 4 executions | ||||||||
30 | Leon Rutherford King | Black | 44 | M | 22-Mar-1989 | Harris | Michael Underwood | |
31 | Stephen A. McCoy | White | 40 | M | 24-May-1989 | Cynthia Johnson | ||
32 | James Emery Paster | White | 44 | M | 20-Sep-1989 | Robert Howard | ||
33 | Carlos DeLuna | Hispanic | 27 | M | 07-Dec-1989 | Nueces | Wanda Jean Lopez | |
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
See also
References
- ^ a b List of Executed Offenders. Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ a b The Espy File: 1608–2002. Death Penalty Information Center. Retrieved 23 February 2009.
- ^ In some cases, the offender may not have been tried for some of the victims listed, as a death sentence was rendered in a prior case.
- ^ "CONVICT IN TEXAS DIES BY INJECTION". Associated Press. New York Times. 16 January 1985. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Porter, Henry." Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
- ^ "TEXAS MAN EXECUTED BY INJECTION". Associated Press. New York Times. 12 March 1986. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "TEXAS MURDERER IS PUT TO DEATH". Associated Press. New York Times. 10 June 1986. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
- ^ "Evans, Michael". Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
- ^ Graczyk, Michael. "Convicted Killer Executed". Associated Press News.
- ^ "ADDICT IS EXECUTED IN TEXAS FOR SLAYNG OF 2 IN ROBBERY". Associated Press. New York Times. 25 June 1987. Retrieved March 29, 2022.
External links
- Death Row Information. Texas Department of Criminal Justice
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