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In Texas, Charles Brooks Jr., becomes the first person to be executed by lethal injection in the United States.
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Texas
U.S. state
Texas is the most populous state in the South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Execution of Charles Brooks Jr.
American murderer executed by lethal injection
The execution of Charles Brooks Jr., also known as Shareef Ahmad Abdul-Rahim, was carried out on December 7, 1982, at the Huntsville Unit in Texas. Brooks Jr., then 34, murdered 26-year-old mechanic David Preston Gregory in Fort Worth, Texas. Brooks Jr. was convicted and…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Capital punishment
Legal killing of a person as punishment for committing a crime
Capital punishment, also known as the death penalty and formerly called judicial homicide, is the state-sanctioned killing of a person as punishment for actual or supposed misconduct. The sentence ordering that an offender be punished in such a manner is called a death sentence,…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)
Lethal injection
Form of execution involving injection of chemicals into the bloodstream
Lethal injection is the practice of injecting one or more drugs into a person for the express purpose of causing death. The main application for this procedure is capital punishment, but the term may also be applied in a broader sense to include euthanasia and other forms of…Source: Wikipedia (CC BY-SA)