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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 .
The list of people executed by the U.S. state of Texas, with the exception of 1819–1849, is divided into periods of 10 years. Since 1819, 1,341 people (all but nine of whom have been men) have been executed in Texas as of 17 August 2024. Between 1819 and 1923, 390 people were executed by hanging in the county where the trial took place. [ 1]
Charles Brooks Jr. (September 1, 1942 – December 7, 1982), also known as Shareef Ahmad Abdul-Rahim, [ 1] was a convicted murderer who was the first person to be executed using lethal injection. [ 2][ 3][ 4] He was the first prisoner executed in Texas since 1964, and the first African-American to be executed anywhere in the United States in ...
The 1982 Lake Waco Murders refers to the deaths of three teenagers (two females, one male) near Lake Waco in Waco, Texas, in July 1982.The police investigation and criminal trials that followed the murders lasted for more than a decade and resulted in the execution of one man, David Wayne Spence, and life prison sentences for two other men allegedly involved in the crime, Anthony and Gilbert ...
Victims. Michael Walker, 44. Date. June 13, 2005. Weapon. .45 caliber pistol. Allan B. Polunsky Unit houses the State of Texas death row for men. Huntsville Unit, where Ward was put to death. Adam Kelly Ward (August 11, 1982 [1] – March 22, 2016 [2]) was an American convicted murderer executed by the U.S. state of Texas by lethal injection.
The number in the "#" column indicates the nth person executed since 1982 (when Texas resumed the death penalty).As an example, John Steven Gardner (the first person executed in Texas during the 2020 decade) was the 568th person executed since resumption of the death penalty.
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas for murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who has attained or is over the age of 18. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it executed Charles Brooks Jr.
United States. State (s) Texas. James Emery Paster (January 30, 1945 – September 20, 1989) [ 1] and Stephen Albert McCoy (December 17, 1948 – May 24, 1989) [ 2] were American serial killers who murdered at least three people in Texas between 1980 and 1981. Both were sentenced to death and executed at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas ...