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Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
But, O gracious Neptune, I, for my part, while I am yet alive, arise up and depart out of this sacred place; though Antipater and the Macedonians have not left so much as thy temple unpolluted." [15]: 46 — Demosthenes, Greek statesman and orator (12 October 322 BCE), to Archias of Thurii; Demosthenes had taken poison to avoid arrest by Archias
“Blinds to the witness room were closed by the prison warden at 12:40 a.m.” Six men remain on Indiana’s death row, according to WPTA , an ABC and NBC affiliate in Fort Wayne.
The 54-year-old is the third person to be put to death in Texas this year, and the 11th in the US. As of 2011, death row inmates in Texas cannot request a final meal, meaning Burton had to choose ...
Christopher Collings was executed for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. AP Collings’ last meal was reportedly a bacon cheeseburger, breaded mushrooms, tater tots and a chef salad.
On April 24, 1997, Brown was executed by lethal injection at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola. His final words were, "Let my baby sister know I love her and the rest of my family, for supporting me. I love you very much. I'm ready to go now." According to Warden Burl Cain in The Farm, Brown's last words were "Wow!" [2] [3]
— George Stinney, African-American child and youngest American with an exact age executed by the United States (16 June 1944), on whether he had any final words before his wrongful execution via electric chair. 14-year-old Stinney was tried and sentenced to death by Judge Philip H. Stoll in under three hours on 14 April after an all-white ...
Last month, Gayle’s relatives gave their blessings to an agreement between the St. Louis County prosecuting attorney’s office and Williams’ attorneys to commute the sentence to life in prison.