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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.
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 ...
For his last meal, he refused to make a special request, so he was given the standard last meal on Florida’s death row: steak done medium rare, eggs over easy, toast with butter and jelly, milk ...
The spirit moves on. Death is like eating a prune in the morning. It's a natural function." The day before his scheduled execution, Smith requested a last meal of rhaeakunda dirt. [12] [13] The request was denied by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice because dirt was not included on the list of approved foods.
On August 5, 1999, Miller, armed with a .40-caliber Glock pistol, [4] shot and killed two of his co-workers, 32-year-old Lee Holdbrooks and 28-year-old Christopher Yancy, at a heating and air-conditioning distributor, then drove five miles to a business where he had previously worked and shot and killed his former supervisor, 39-year-old Terry Jarvis.
Thomas Joseph Grasso was born on November 23, 1962, in West Babylon, New York to Joseph and Ruth Grasso. Prior to his birth, his older brother, who was named Joseph Thomas Grasso, was killed at the age of 4 when a neighbor backed a car over him.
Convicted murderer Donnie Johnson has asked supporters to donate $20 to homeless shelters.
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 ...