Uncommon
Execution of Charles Brooks Jr.
American murderer executed by lethal injection
Execution of Charles Brooks Jr.
The execution of Charles Brooks Jr. (September 1, 1942 – December 7, 1982), 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 (March 29, 1950 – December 14, 1976) in Fort Worth, Texas. Brooks Jr. was convicted and sentenced to death in 1977. Brooks Jr. was the first person in the United States to be executed using the, then, newly adopted method of lethal injection. He was also the first prisoner executed in Texas since 1964, and the first African-American to be executed in the United States in the post-Gregg era.
Open boosters, collect cards and trade them. Free to play.
Play for free