cnn.com — (CNN) -- Just hours from his execution by injection, Tennessee death row prisoner Philip Workman ordered his final meal Tuesday -- pizza for a homeless person. The 53-year-old requested a vegetarian pizza be delivered to a homeless person in Nashville, Workman's attorney confirmed. Riverbend Maximum Security Institution will not deliver the pizza
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nudarMay 10, 2007
"It's a good thing we kill people to show everyone that killing is wrong."Who says it has anything to do with showing people what's wrong? It's punishment. Plain and simple.
therealtomaMay 10, 2007
tehbored, sounds good. If those crazy capital punishment folks want to kill people for revenge, why dont they at least support a more humane approach? Putting the person on a bed or in a chair and strapping them down is just horrible. People make mistakes. Not having the chance to correct ones self is the biggest crime of all.
nickbc87May 10, 2007
Homo Sacer by Giorgio Agamben.Intellectuals should look it up.
macguy88May 10, 2007
They gave it to him!<a class="user" href="http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/execution.pizza/index.html">http://www.cnn.com/2007/US/05/09/execution.pizza/index.html</a>
Closed AccountMay 10, 2007
ryancxx...except that if you commit a crime, and someone dies because of it, it is YOUR responsibility, no matter how the person died. It is your murder.
cwgannonMay 10, 2007
@bidness (#6600799)Nice strawman.
vegemiterollMay 10, 2007
I think we are all missing the bigger picture. Who got the pizza? And what about the poor homeless person whose only crime was that he likes meat on his pizza?And the agony suffered through the innocent slaying of those poor vegetables?
aragon127May 10, 2007
Let's hear it for the US! Pretend to be the world's moral authority while perpetrating its own set of atrocities. Murder is murder, even when the government does it.
mcfatherMay 16, 2007
It's a very selfless thing to do, when you are about to be put to death. I celebrate his last act of selflessness.
njgilliganJun 6, 2007
they already tried that, its called australiaoops sorry i didnt read down before posting