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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 post-Gregg era.
- ^ Reavis, Dick. "Charlie Brooks’ Last Words." Texas Monthly. Emmis Communications, February 1983. Vol. 11, No. 2. ISSN 0148-7736. pp. 100–101
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