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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.
"I'm sorry for all the wrongs I have done. And for those who have called for my death, who are about to murder me, I forgive you." [257] — David Renteria, American convicted murderer (16 November 2023), executed by lethal injection "They're vile, they're virtueless, they're without honor. I want to thank you all for all your support.
Williams was among death row inmates in five states who were scheduled to be put to death in the span of a week — an unusually high number that defies a yearslong decline in the use and support ...
"It is a bad cause which cannot bear the words of a dying man." [17] [note 94] — Henry Vane the Younger, English politician, statesman and colonial governor (14 June 1662), prior to execution by beheading for treason "My God, forsake me not." [17] [note 95] — Blaise Pascal, French mathematician, physicist and theologian (19 August 1662)
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.
Travis Mullis stood trial before a Galveston County jury on March 7, 2011, for the murder of Alijah Mullis. During the trial itself, the videotape confession of Mullis was played; during his questioning by police, Mullis confessed to killing Alijah due to his incessant cries, stating that it was the only way to stop his son's crying.
The Hidden Hills socialite is charged with two counts of murder in the killing of Mark and his 8-year-old brother, Jacob, in a Westlake Village crosswalk. Iskander, doubled over and weeping ...