when did the state of texas reinstate the death penalty
December 7, 1982
title: Capital punishment in Texas text: Capital punishment in Texas Capital punishment is a legal penalty in the U.S. state of Texas. In 1982, the state became the first jurisdiction in the world to carry out an execution by lethal injection, when it put to death Charles Brooks Jr.. It was the first execution in the state since 1964. Texas, which is the second most populous state of the Union, has executed 558 offenders from the U.S. capital punishment resumption in 1976 (beginning in 1982 with the Brooks execution) to December 11, 2018 (the Alvin Avon Braziel, Jr. execution), more than a third of the national title: Lists of people executed in Texas text: out in the electric chair at the Huntsville Unit in Huntsville, Texas. From 1924 to 1964, 361 people were executed in this way. After an eighteen-year gap following "Furman v. Georgia", executions were resumed following new capital punishment laws passed by the State of Texas (and upheld in "Gregg v. Georgia", which also included a companion case from Texas), among them changing the method of execution to lethal injection. Since 1982 and as of December 11, 2018, 558 individuals (all of whom were convicted of murder) have been executed by lethal injection at the Huntsville Unit. The number is over title: Capital punishment in the United States text: Illinois and Maryland, governors commuted all death sentences after enacting the new law. In Connecticut, the Connecticut Supreme Court ruled in 2015 that the repeal must be retroactive. New Mexico is the only state with remaining death row inmates and no present death penalty statute. Nebraska's legislature also passed a repeal in 2015, but a referendum campaign gathered enough signatures to suspend it. Capital punishment was reinstated by popular vote on November 8, 2016. The same day, California's electorate defeated a proposal to repeal the death penalty, and adopted another initiative to speed up its appeal process. On October 11, title: Capital punishment in Texas text: concerns that pardons were being sold for cash under the administrations of former Governor James E. Ferguson and later his wife and Texas's first female Governor Miriam A. Ferguson). The only unilateral action which the Governor can take is to grant a one-time, 30-day reprieve to the defendant, and can do so regardless of what the Board recommends in a particular case. Since Texas reinstated the death penalty in 1976, only three defendants sentenced to death have been granted clemency by the Governor after a recommendation from the Board: Male death row inmates are housed at the Polunsky Unit in title: Texas text: and the Texas Court of Criminal Appeals. Except for some municipal benches, partisan elections select judges at all levels of the judiciary; the governor fills vacancies by appointment. Texas is notable for its use of capital punishment, having led the country in executions since capital punishment was reinstated in the "Gregg v. Georgia" case (see Capital punishment in Texas). The Texas Ranger Division of the Texas Department of Public Safety is a law enforcement agency with statewide jurisdiction. Over the years, the Texas Rangers have investigated crimes ranging from murder to political corruption. They have acted as riot police and