In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mw0g" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a>, <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Charles_Brooks_Jr." id="mw0w" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Charles Brooks Jr.">Charles Brooks Jr.</a>, becomes the first person to be <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Capital_punishment" id="mw1A" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Capital punishment">executed</a> by <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lethal_injection" id="mw1Q" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Lethal injection">lethal injection</a> in the United States.