When and where was lethal injection first legalised as a means of executing the death penalty in the US?

Question

The passport of what lawyer, sportsman, singer, actor and civil rights activist was withdrawn by the US State Department in 1950 because of his alleged affiliation with the Communist Party?

Answer 1

1977, Oklahoma
In 1977, Oklahoma passed the first lethal injection statute in the US, Texas passed a lethal injection statute the next day The first execution using the method was in 1982 in Texas. The first execution with the method in Oklahoma was in 1990. Since 1982 multiple executions have been botched, and the method was stayed for a period but was then reinstated.