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May 14, 2024 · Here are some of the strangest last words before execution: 1. Jimmy Glass, 1987 (Louisiana) oddee.com. 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. Both blamed each other for the crime and both ...
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. In each case, Elder also provides short ...
- Robert K. Elder, Studs Terkel
- 2010
Last Words. The last words of each inmate on Texas's death row right before they were executed. Links to the full offender information & original last statement are included with each post. Yes, when they lay me down to sleep, for I am to die for justice, the Lord my soul to take. I’ll be with Jesus when I wake.
Sep 7, 2021 · Last Words. Though it is not a constitutional right, the tradition of allowing condemned prisoners their last words is older than the U.S. Constitution itself. In 1692, when George Burroughs climbed the ladder to face his execution for witchcraft, he moved the Salem crowd to tears with a perfect recitation of the Lord’s Prayer before his hanging.
- David Wayne Stoker. Executed: 16 June 1997. Education: Eight years. Occupation: Heavy-equipment operator/carpenter. Last statement: "I am truly sorry for your loss...
- Anthony Ray Westley. Executed: 13 May 1997. Education: Eight years. Occupation: Labourer. Last statement: "I want you to know that I did not kill anyone.
- Thomas Andy Barefoot. Executed: 30 October 1984. Education: Not listed. Occupation: Oilfield roughneck. Last statement: "I hope that one day we can look back on the evil that we're doing right now like the witches we burned at the stake.
- James Russell. Executed: 19 September 1991. Education: 10 years. Occupation: Musician. Last statement: Reported to have lasted three minutes, it was either not transcribed or not recorded.
Dec 13, 2023 · Most of them had something to say in their last moments, and those words are now collected in a book, Final Words: 578 Men and Women Executed on Texas Death Row. About 100 chose to say nothing at ...
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Death row, also known as condemned row, is a place in a prison that houses inmates awaiting execution after being convicted of a capital crime and sentenced to death. The term is also used figuratively to describe the state of awaiting execution ("being on death row"), even in places where no special facility or separate unit for condemned inmates exists.
