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An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas, but not before a Tex-Mex-style last meal and a profane rant directed at the execution staff.
South Carolina has executed its first death row inmate in 13 years for the murder of a convenience store clerk in 1997.. Khalil Divine Black Sun Allah, 46, died by lethal injection on Friday ...
Declined a last meal; she was instead given a dinner from KFC. [33] [34] Saddam Hussein: Crimes against humanity: Iraq: 2006: Hanging: The Times states that "he refused their offers of cigarettes and a last meal of chicken and shawarma rice." [35] Other sources state Hussein ate his last meal of chicken and rice, and had a cup of hot water with ...
What death row inmates can choose for their last meal varies a lot, highlighting American ambivalence around capital punishment. Death penalty in the US: How do Oklahoma's last meal rules compare ...
Thomas Joseph Grasso (November 23, 1962 – March 20, 1995) was an American convicted murderer who was executed by the state of Oklahoma for the murder of 87-year-old Hilda Johnson, whom he strangled in Tulsa in December 1990.
Since Texas no longer serves last meal requests on death row, Basso ate regular prison fare of baked chicken, fish, boiled eggs, carrots, green beans, and sliced bread. She was executed on February 5, 2014, at the Huntsville Unit of the TDCJ. When asked if she had a last statement, she replied to the prison warden, "No, sir."
UPDATE: Dearman was pronounced dead following his scheduled execution. His time of death was reported as 6:14 p.m. on Thursday, Oct. 17. ORIGINAL STORY: ATMORE, Ala. (WKRG) — Atmore death row ...
[5] [6] He would later be executed on March 14, 1984, in the second execution in Texas since the reintroduction of the death penalty in the state after Gregg v. Georgia. [6] He declined to make a final statement but did request a last meal of a hamburger, French fries, and a Dr Pepper. [7] Autry was known as "Cowboy" on death row.