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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 ...

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   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.

3. www.theatlantic.com › ideas › archiveWhat Death-Row Inmates Say Before They Die - The Atlantic

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   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 ...

4. www.themarshallproject.org › 2021/09/07 › from-lastWhat Can Death Row Prisoners Request Before They Die?

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   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.

5. www.aetv.com › real-crime › last-words-death-row-inmatesThe Last Words of Death Row Inmates - A&E True Crime

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   Jul 8, 2021 · Aileen Wuornos. Aileen “Lee” Wuornos, a sex worker convicted of killing seven men in wooded areas off Highway I-75 in Florida and the first woman ever profiled by the FBI as a serial killer, died by lethal injection on October 9, 2002. During her time on death row, Wuornos’ mental health rapidly declined.

6. www.chron.com › crime › articleInfamous last words: The parting thoughts of executed inmates

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   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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   15 infamous last words from criminals on death row - Police1

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   Death row inmates’ last words: Apologies, thanks, defiance

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   May 24, 2017 · Death row inmates’ last words: Apologies, thanks, defiance. By KATE BRUMBACK. Updated 12:06 PM PDT, May 24, 2017. ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. used his final moments to quote from the movie “Cool Hand Luke” and toss out an insult. “What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach.