Capital punishment in Texas
Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas, for capital murder, and participation in a felony resulting in death if committed by an individual who is at least 18 years old. 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. It was the first execution in the state since 1964. Texas, which is the second most populous state in the United States, has executed 603 people since the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to October 7, 2026 (the execution of Jamaal Howard)—more than a third of the national total. Even per capita, Texas has the nation's second-highest execution rate, behind only neighboring Oklahoma.
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