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May 14, 2024 · Here are some of the strangest last words before execution: 1. Jimmy Glass, 1987 (Louisiana) Last Words: “I’d Rather Be Fishing”. On Christmas of 1982, 20-year-old Jimmy Glass and inmate Jimmy Wingo escaped from jail and shot an elderly couple to death while burglarizing their home.
Jun 29, 2013 · Texas has executed 500 inmates since it resumed carrying out the death penalty in 1982. Selected excerpts of inmates’ last words reveal a glimpse of the humanity behind those anonymous...
Jun 3, 2017 · Death row inmates are given a chance to speak final words before the execution begins. The words, sometimes an apology, sometimes self-serving or haunting or just weird, hang over the final...
Dec 13, 2023 · “I wish I could die more than once to tell you how sorry I am.” Religious conviction likewise makes a frequent appearance in the final remarks of Texas’s execution...
I Am a Killer is a television documentary series on Netflix and Crime+Investigation UK that features interviews with death row inmates. [1][2] Season 2 aired in the United Kingdom in 2019 and aired internationally on Netflix from 31 January 2020. [3]
Nov 19, 2019 · At the moment, we can break down the final statements of death row inmates into a few broad categories: expressions of guilt and remorse, proclamations of innocence, spiritual statements and communications to their families.
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Consisting of letters and other writings by death row inmates, this book vividly conveys daily life on death row through emotionally powerful statements by inmates who are facing execution.
