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  1. May 14, 2024 · 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 ended up on the electric chair. 2.

  2. 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 ...

  3. 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
  4. Aug 14, 2013 · Author Robert K. Elder spent time with these unfamous last words. He compiled a chronicle of the final words of American men and women who were put to death for their crimes. His new book, “Last Words of the Executed,” tells the story of the death penalty in all its form in the U.S.

  5. May 28, 2010 · Books. Last Words of the Executed by Robert K. Elder is a compilation of the final statements of death row inmates shortly before their execution. The book, with a foreword by Studs Terkel, also describes the crime and some of the social setting of each case presented. According to a review in The Economist, “The last words are remarkable for ...

  6. Jun 3, 2017 · Infamous last words: The parting thoughts of executed inmates. By Brett Barrouquere June 3, 2017. Death row inmates are given a chance to speak final words before the execution begins. The words ...

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