<P> The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia in 1976 once again allowed for the death penalty to be imposed . ( A Texas case was a companion case in the Gregg decision and was upheld by the Court ; the Court stated that Texas ' death penalty scheme could potentially result in fewer death penalty cases , an irony given that post-Gregg Texas has by far executed more inmates than any other state . ) However , the first execution in Texas after this decision would not take place until December 7 , 1982 with that of Charles Brooks , Jr ... Brooks was also the first person to be judicially executed by lethal injection in the world , and the first African American to be executed in the United States since 1967 . </P>
<P> The Supreme Court decision in Gregg v. Georgia in 1976 once again allowed for the death penalty to be imposed . ( A Texas case was a companion case in the Gregg decision and was upheld by the Court ; the Court stated that Texas ' death penalty scheme could potentially result in fewer death penalty cases , an irony given that post-Gregg Texas has by far executed more inmates than any other state . ) However , the first execution in Texas after this decision would not take place until December 7 , 1982 with that of Charles Brooks , Jr ... Brooks was also the first person to be judicially executed by lethal injection in the world , and the first African American to be executed in the United States since 1967 . </P>
when did the state of texas reinstate the death penalty
when did the state of texas reinstate the death penalty
December 7 , 1982
December 7 , 1982