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A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution. In many countries, the prisoner may, within reason, select what the last meal will be.
- 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.
- John Barryman
- 16,029 VOTES. Steven Woods. Executed: 2011. Crime: The murder of a young couple, even after many appeals, and being backed by some popular non-profits/media organizations.
- 6,191 VOTES. Marion Albert Pruett. Execution: 1999. Crime: He killed Bobbie Jean Robertson, a convenience store clerk in Fort Smith, Arkansas, and four other people.
- 9,259 VOTES. Dennis Bagwell. Executed: 2005. Crime: Bagwell invaded the Texas home of Ronald Boone, who returned home to find the bodies of his wife Leona McBee, his daughter Libby Best, and his granddaughters, Reba Best and Tassy Boone.
- 7,601 VOTES. Thomas J. Grasso. Executed: 1995. Crime: He strangled an elderly woman using her own Christmas lights, stole $8 from her purse, $4 from around the house and sold her television for $125.
Dec 10, 2016 · For his last meal, he ate pizza, steak and a cheese calzone, as well as a stuffed portobello mushroom, a salad and orange juice. He apologised to the victims’ families with his last words.
Feb 5, 2018 · From John Wayne Gacy to Ted Bundy, history's most infamous death-row inmates made some fascinating requests for their last meals before execution.
- John Kuroski
Nov 2, 2015 · In his "No Seconds" series, photographer Henry Hargreaves captures the haunting images of death row inmates' last meal requests. He believes food preferences speak volumes about a...
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Aug 18, 2020 · A death row inmate's last meal is a time honored tradition, and reports of the contents of a convict's final dinner have become a staple of macabre journalism.
