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Final Meal Request of Death Row Inmates

web.archive.org — This is just sad. What do you guys think, should we keep capital punishment?

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  • nico623, on 10/10/2007, -5/+103lots of fried chicken, cokes, and chicken fried steaks.
    • chris1234, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1n also lots of French fries tooo
      • quarkie, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9some gems:
        1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers
        1 jar of dill pickles
        Cherries and cool whip
        Banana, Peach and Garden Salad with Ranch Dressing
        oh and FTW: Justice, Equality, World Peace
        • quarkie, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1The bottom of the page has some interesting ones too:
          Apple
          Yogurt
          Lettuce and tomatoes
          Plain cheese sandwich
          Freshly squeezed orange juice

          God's saving grace, love, truth, peace and freedom
          Justice, Temperance, with Mercy

          All I have to say is that it takes an interesting person to make these kinds of requests.
      • Spirork13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Four fried chickens and a coke.
    • slayerab, on 10/10/2007, -35/+2Well, a lot of these final meals contain requests for huge meals. I mean isn't god against gluttony? Do they just want to piss the guy off further by gorging themselves with 12 pieces of fried chicken, 3 cartons of milk and 12 fried eggs?
      • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -4/+19If it was the last thing I was going to eat, I'd eat the hell out of some food. I doubt god would get pissed. I mean, santa clause never seems to be angry.
      • kpkbaja, on 10/10/2007, -11/+19Lol. God...
      • blackfox026, on 10/13/2007, -2/+24once you're on death row, you've probably done something that pissed god off a lot more than eating a big meal would...
      • brotherfranciz, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Apparently there's nothing worse than going to hell, so you might as well enjoy your life while it lasts...
    • FTLJohnson, on 10/10/2007, -3/+33I noticed there were a lot of requests for soda... but they are mostly for Dr Pepper and Sprite. Not Coke or Pepsi. I wonder what that means...
      • Buckiller, on 10/13/2007, -1/+28That everyone loves dr pepper and the media is trying to conspire against it.
        • sittered, on 10/13/2007, -0/+71Or the government is slowly wiping out the people who like Dr. Pepper. I'm going into hiding.
      • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -8/+9Mabey Dr. Pepper drinkers are more likely to commit murder....
        • gamche, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think most diggers here drink Dr. Pepper and don't like to be labeled as a murderer but just in case I'll stay farther away from the stuff.
      • SRSco, on 10/10/2007, -2/+18Because it's Texas. And Texas drinks Dr. Pepper.
        • psbpv3o, on 10/10/2007, -9/+3no we don't. There are just a lot of black people here.
        • psbpv3o, on 10/10/2007, -12/+2no we don't. There are just a lot of black people here.
        • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Texas is NOT filled with black people. Maybe Louisiana or Mississippi but not Texas. Also Atlanta.
      • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Must be the psychotic drugs in Doctor Pepper.
      • jeylux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yet, no one drinks Mt. Dew.

        I'm sooo in the clear of being a murder now.
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It's a Texas thing just like Coke in the South.
    • srgtTarantula, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22I think i found a new menu planner!
    • KillerLettuce, on 10/10/2007, -0/+19Check out the meal for number 158: Twenty-four soft shell tacos, six enchiladas, six tostados, two whole onions, five jalapenos, two cheeseburgers, one chocolate shake, one quart of milk and one package of Marlboro cigarettes. (Prohibited by TDCJ policy)
      • AnthonyA7, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18That's silly that cigarettes are prohibited. I mean come on, are they really worried about hurting his health?
        • supermanred, on 10/10/2007, -1/+6They should give as much cigarettes to the inmates as they want. The sooner they die of cancer, the sooner we arent paying 150,000 dollars a year to keep them there.

          It would be cheaper to give the criminals 100,000 a year and set them free. Without the need for money, they wouldnt re-commit their crimes. Im of course tlaking about those who are in jail for stealing 3 times under the 3 strikes rule.
        • Spirork13, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Yeah except think of all the people who wouldn't normally steal but would just for the 100,000, I know i sure as hell would.
        • spiffytech, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think the rule has more to do with giving the inmates an ignited object.
    • essjay, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6Meal of champions.
    • Tenlow, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7You know what? If I was about to die I'd want comfort food too.
    • samk, on 10/13/2007, -0/+37They should avoid the fried foods. That stuff will kill ya.
    • ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7"Two cheeseburgers, french fries, tossed salad with 1,000 island dressing and iced tea (refused last meal)"
      • alexanEmpire, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Ordering a tossed salad as a last meal in PRISON......that's kind of ironic.
    • davidsmero, on 10/10/2007, -2/+9I would request something really rare to stall the process.
      • archer104, on 10/10/2007, -0/+20Like a chocolate-covered gun.
      • nohoida, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This guy seemed to have done this.

        Chocolate birthday cake with "2/23/90" written on top, seven pink candles, one coconut, kiwi fruit juice, pineapple juice, one mango, grapes, lettuce, cottage cheese, peaches, one banana, one delicious apple, chef salad without meat and with thousand island dressing, fruit salad, cheese, and tomato slices
    • GuitaristTom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+13Lots of fried food, but you know what they say, you are what you eat.
    • GorfTron, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4I would ask for a box of crickets. I would come back from the dead as cricketman and churp my victims to insanity.
    • airiox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3The best so far:

      "1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers"
    • agimat, on 10/10/2007, -8/+3Not really surprising that there's a lot of request for chicken.
    • dayvideg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1that comes with extra gravy right?
  • pizzaman, on 10/10/2007, -46/+274Did they give their victims a final meal?
    • fluidfoundation, on 10/10/2007, -18/+59obvious point that most people feel more comfortable to forget. you get a gold star!
    • kp606, on 10/13/2007, -37/+110Two wrongs will never make a right.

      • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -41/+33Im pretty sure that ending the life of a serial killer or child rapist/murderer is not a "wrong"
        • Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -11/+19According to that little book pro-lifers follow, it is.
          • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -8/+9If by "little book", you mean the Christian Bible, it's sort of ambiguous on the subject. On the one hand, it's very clear that you're not to be judgemental ("let he who is without sin cast the first stone"). On the other hand, it spells out specific crimes for which people are to be executed.
          • Smight, on 10/10/2007, -22/+8So you are against death sentences for people that rape and murder children but you are for death sentences for children who have have committed no crime except being a potential inconvenience to their mother?

            What did children ever do to you?
          • mattyG, on 10/10/2007, -7/+8God has given the government the authority to determine when capital punishment is due (Genesis 9:6; Romans 13:1-7)
        • j10s, on 10/10/2007, -19/+15I consider myself pro-life, but I support the death penalty. I don't believe that you sustain a right to life when you have taken others'.
        • jamend, on 10/10/2007, -4/+22Most of the western world disagrees with you.

          http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cb/Death_Penalty_World_Map.png
        • ICSU, on 10/10/2007, -1/+4Not just most but all except the US.
        • rguenthner, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Because the popular vote is always the right one! Ask the kids in school to have a vote for homework or recess and see which one wins out.
      • OffPiste, on 10/10/2007, -23/+7Termites are eating my house. I shouldn't call Terminix. I should have compassion. There all God's creatures.
        • kp606, on 10/10/2007, -4/+11Human empathy and compassion is a view that can stand without the use of religion.
          No where did I mention God.
      • Smight, on 10/10/2007, -19/+11Which is the second wrong? Executing someone or locking them in an isolation chamber for 30 years and then releasing them to continue raping and murdering 10 year olds?
        • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5Or locking them in an isolation chamber for 30 years....then killing them. Welcome to the American way.
      • adoggz, on 10/10/2007, -5/+11but it's a start
      • kindassassin96, on 10/10/2007, -3/+28two wrongs don't make a right, but three lefts do
      • Laton, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Exactly. An eye for an eye will cause the whole world to go blind. (Paraphrased Ghandi)
      • rguenthner, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2I believe the point is to permanently prevent these people from doing wrong again. And again. And again. etc
        What punishment would you suggest for the person who rapes your wife and kills your children? No cookies for the weekend?
        • thebusiness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Who stops the government from doing wrong over and over again if not we, the people? Murdering is wrong, or wrong if you aren't qualified?
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Um, yeah some of the females on death row poisoned people.
    • praisethelard, on 06/06/2008, -7/+53I give my victims final meals....I mean..uh..
    • FTLJohnson, on 10/10/2007, -12/+33Not all death row inmates have victims. You have to remember, our justice system is run by politicians, and over the years it has come out that we have executed several innocent people.

      However, some, I'm sure fed their victims pieces of themselves, like the scene in Red Dragon with Anthony Hopkins and Ray Liotta. Or like that article in the news recently where that goth girl fed her *ahem* ex boyfriend a "sausage" dinner.
    • greatblackowl, on 10/10/2007, -23/+34Governments should never be able to execute their own citizens.
      • revenge7, on 10/10/2007, -1/+12Citizens should execute their governments.
      • stvspl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4This has had 18 +s and 18 -s
        clearly one of those divisive beliefs
      • bigd063, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1You are absolutely right. Lynching is the only fair way to do it.
    • fezzasus, on 10/10/2007, -4/+8Yes. Lead
    • zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -7/+19By the will of Allah "an eye for an eye"
      Osama quote from yesterday
      • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -15/+1I'm also fairly certain that jesus said that too.
        • djvchris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+24...and what he actually said:

          "You have heard that it was said, 'An eye for an eye, and a tooth for a tooth.' But I tell you, do not resist an evil person. If someone strikes you on the right cheek, turn to him the other also. And if someone wants to sue you and take your tunic, let him have your cloak as well. If someone forces you to go one mile, go with him two miles. Give to the one who asks you, and do not turn away from the one who wants to borrow from you." (Matthew 5:38-42, NIV)
        • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9You're thinking of Hammurabi. It's cool, my nephew in kindergarten can't tell the difference either when you put a picture of both of them together.
    • omnirusa, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1What is they killed them right as they were finishing desert?
    • etcimon, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4I'm glad they can eat their last meal, overthinking what their lives could have been. Probably the only way of making them regret.
      • vertinox, on 10/10/2007, -4/+4Hrm... As opposed to languishing 60 more years alive?
        Death is death whether you die of old age, cancer, or the hangman's noose.

        1. Death penalty costs more to tax payers due legal red tape than life in prision.
        2. Death penalty doesn't deter anyone from committing murder because they already think they won't get caught or don't care.
        3. Death penalty doesn't bring the victims back.
        4. Death penalty doesn't change the murders ultimate fate. If atheism is right, he rots in the ground like the rest of us. If Christianity is right, then he'll probably have converted and became born again on death row and getting gods forgiveness and enjoy heaven anyways. Or end up in hell depending on your views... But then God's wrath still would have happened then or in 60 years (he has infinite patience after all)

        So tell me... If the death penalty costs the tax payers more, doesn't bring the victim back, nor changes the ultimate fate of the murder... Then what purpose does it serve?
        • faithfreedom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Revenge
        • spidoman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Actually, in a recent study they found that the death penalty DOES deter crime. I was very surprised when I found out.
        • GuitaristTom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3it is possible to have a better life in prison... you cant have a better life if your dead
        • EnderSpartan117, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1watching my brother get spanked for smoking convinced me to never put a cigarette close to my mouth. Sometimes examples need to be made for others to remember to play nice.
        • thebusiness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0@ spidoman: That is interesting. I was reading a recent study the other day that showed that the population of African elephants had tripled in the last ten years. Then I read one that showed the world was flat! No, I'm not going to source any of these claims!

          @ EnderSpartan117: Did your parents spank your brother when he hit you too? That would be a closer analogy.
    • shortarabguy, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Do you mean to tell me that such a factor would make a real difference to you? We're not supposed to be working on a tit-for-tat system here. Besides, by your train of thought we'd kill them the way they killed their victims.
      • GuitaristTom, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2thats what we should do... i would have eaten dahmer soup out of spite
      • zorlok, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2That's a damn fine idea

    • ph3rny, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12Unfortunately none of the serial killers want cereal
    • blitzer, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Just because the lowest form of humanity behaves in a certain way, does not mean we should all emulate them.

      Do not stoop to the lowest denominator.
    • leaknoil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1In your mind justice might be perfect and everyone in jail actually did what they were found guilty of but, real life doesn't work that way. Even for those that did do the crime the punishment is not evenly handed out. Stop being a bad bumper sticker and go read into the subject.
    • Munden, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1So who else would have requested several 2-liter bottles of Diet Coke and a bucket full of Mentos?
  • tehpwnerofn00bs, on 10/10/2007, -53/+105Yes. yes we should. Do not try to guilt trip us. A person trying hard enough can make people feel bad (perhaps falsely) about anything they want.
    • HerrEisenheim, on 10/10/2007, -16/+54No. No, we shouldn't. As long as capital punishment exists, that means we will encounter Type II errors. Some innocent people will die. Should 1 innocent person die just so 1,000 guilty people can be put to death? What if that person is you? Are you willing to say, "Yes, it's okay that the state will kill me because I know it's for the greater good?" If you can answer yes to that, then fine. Otherwise...
      • Kreuelt, on 10/10/2007, -18/+6I can, in fact, truthfully answer yes to that. So can anyone who's ever joined the military.
        • manitoba98xp, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8But military are braver than most. Who is the government to make that decision for the majority of Americans, who are not in the military?
        • cmpshotty, on 10/10/2007, -0/+12*****, I didn't enlist to commit suicide.
        • warriorscot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I pity you
        • Fikiman, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Frikin SICKO! Id like to see you in their situation... see how "brave" you are...
          I pity you too...
      • Magwich, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2We should definitely do it in cases where a Type II error would not occur, such as a mass murder with tons of eyewitnesses.
    • FTLJohnson, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11Be fair now, when one is unjust and immoral, people don't have to actually try very hard to to make one feel guilty about it... do they....
      Killing is killing, and retribution is not restitution.

      If we had a restitution based society, you'd be the same person arguing to NOT allow prisoner working to pay off their horrific deeds the option of death.
      • Palehorse68, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It's not a question of retribution or justice. It's much simpler than that. These people have proven that they cannot exist in our society. They are a danger to the people around them. By committing the crimes they have, they've given up their right to live in our society.
        If there was actually such a thing as a Life Sentence, I wouldn't have a problem with that being used in place of the Death Penalty. But as it stands now, people who are in jail for "Life" can be out in 20 years on parole with good behaviour. As of right now, the Death Penalty is the only way to remove this scum from society.
    • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -12/+10Only a degenerate, barbaric, murderous vile person would support the death penelty. Revenge is evil. A person who supports execution is no different than the criminal. Did you know that on an execution victim's death certificate the cause of death is listed as homocide? I bet you didn't know that.
      • danlovejoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, I did know that. You are very closed-minded.
      • Kreuelt, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0It is homocide, in the most literal sense of the world.
        *****-man
        Cide-killing
        mankilling.
    • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5I agree we need to make sure no innocent people get sent to death row. The system needs a polishing. But the death penalty serves a purpose and that is to make examples of people that commit serious crimes like murder. In England they used to put heads on pikes so people who entered knew what would happen if serious crimes were committed. Here in the states they used to have public hangings. In China they have public executions. The thing is, England and the US gave up on serious capitol punishment and now crime runs rampant. In China, they will shoot criminals and charge the family for the bullet and per capita have less crime (with a high density of people) than America could only hope for.
      • warriorscot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4In the UK murder is at its lowest ever exampled by the fact that a handful of deaths has a massive effect on our crime rates, in some of the US states with capital punishment the same increase in deaths will rarely even cause a one percent bump. It isn't a detterant, crime in the UK doesn't run rampant its very low their are some emergent problems with violent crime but not murder its mostly cultural alcohol problems get your facts straight.

        And china is a ***** example, using a police state as an example of good justice is like comparing the Taliban to good government.
  • Steve95613, on 10/21/2007, -34/+66Says right at the top "The final meal requested may not reflect the actual final meal served."
    So go ahead and request fried chicken and cheese burgers, but your gonna get the meatloaf and day old bread like everyone else.
    I bet the Screws get a good laugh...assholes!


    • Drax0n, on 10/21/2007, -2/+54Actually you are wrong, final meal requests are granted but only to a set value (you can't order 3 lobsters) May want to do some checking before you sound ignorant and shoot your mouth off
      • Steve95613, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1BTW, Its says that at the top of the page.
    • christor, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5Drax0n invites us to do some research before extrapolating from the disclaimer on the document. Fair enough. And Drax0n may be right that last meal requests are generally granted up to a certain cost. But Drax0n, if you *have* done some checking, why not include a link or details? I'm not saying you haven't, but when you accuse someone of shooting their mouth off by making a statement based on limited information, it behooves you to back up your facts with something more than nothing.
    • tidu, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5My guess is that the disclaimer means that it might not be their "last" meal, maybe due to scheduling issues. Plus, they can't execute somebody with a stomach full of hamburgers, unless they want to clean up a mess.
    • bobtheowl2, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Actually http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal says...
      "Restrictions

      In the United States of America most states give the meal a day or two prior to execution, and use the euphemism "special meal". Alcohol or tobacco is usually denied. An unorthodox or unavailable request will be replaced with a substitute. Some states place tight restrictions: all food must come from within the prison system. Maryland does not offer the condemned a special last meal [citation needed]. Texas[1] limits last meals to food available within the prison system, though occasionally brings in food "from the free world"."
    • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Actually they try real hard to make it as requested. You just can't order caviar and stuff- the menu has to come from state approved items.
  • Aimey, on 10/10/2007, -18/+6Where's the list of guilt-burying meals of the death-giving juries? Pot, beer, valium...
    • psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'd ask for a bunch of ipecac and ex lax. Make them have fun cleaning up the mess when they kill me
  • Phantizen, on 10/10/2007, -29/+123Where is the guilt in convicting someone who raped and strangled an 11 year old girl? You are delusional if you think that is something to feel guilty about.
    • jdhammer, on 10/10/2007, -17/+41You mean, KILLING someone who raped and strangled an 11 year old girl. There's a difference.
      • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -13/+17Yes. Killing someone who raped and strangled an 11 year old girl is more just.
        • jdhammer, on 10/10/2007, -14/+13That's your opinion. That doesn't make it the truth.
        • MrTankJump, on 10/10/2007, -8/+6Yes it does. Weigh the life of an innocent 11 year old girl that has 60 or more years left to live against the life of an insane 40 year old man that doesn't contribute anything to society, and the takes away the life of said 11 year old girl. If you can make yourself believe that it's not just to wipe the inhuman people off of this planet, you have something wrong with you.
        • apocobring1, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3We're just gonna start letting people who murder and rape children go free. As a matter of fact, your neighbor once raped and murdered a child, but they are going free. How old are your children? Your friend's children?
        • 35263526, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6MrTankJump, murdering the murderer doesn't bring the murdered back, it just adds more death. You can't compare life-worth like that to justify the death penalty.
          • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3But it makes a statement that words could never make. People who take a life away should not be able to enjoy their own. Murderers and rapist have no contribution to this society.
          • MoZo1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Killing a potentional murderer will save lifes, and I think those lifes worth more. Just we don't need to kill them, it's enough to inprison them to achive this.
            Moreove punishing a criminal discourages other crimes.
      • phenry50BMG, on 10/10/2007, -5/+26They deserve to be killed for raping and murdering a child. Better yet, just throw them in the general prison population and let the inmates know the charges. Nature will take it's course.
        • mos6507, on 10/10/2007, -2/+19Gotta love how hypocritical inmates exact their own subjustice.
          • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+10It's called "self-righteousness". It makes you feel better about your own faults if you believe someone else is worse than you. "Sure, I killed some people when I robbed a liquor store, but that guy killed innocent *children*."
      • Armitage2k, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1because we all know the justice system is infallible.
    • Mononuclear, on 10/10/2007, -4/+37You have read in the news lately about all the people being let out of prison after 20+ years because new evidence shows they were falsely accused? Just recently a man was cleared of raping a little girl.

      I am for the death penalty if you can guarantee that everyone person put to death is guilty. The margin for error may be extremely low but all it takes is 1 innocent person to be falsely accused and killed .
      • GuitaristTom, on 10/10/2007, -3/+120 years huh... so like 1987... by 2010 i bet we have enough technology to prove most cases without a doubt.. which is good, because when that guy rapes some other girl, we can just shoot him on the spot
      • MoZo1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Too bad that the technology we try to solve case usually is also known by ones who commit them, and they usually try to missdirect us. If we develop more reliable technics, the criminals will find more reliable ways to avoid them. This is why we will never have 100% safe.
        Watch Minority Report, it's just about this!
    • zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -6/+0Buried for calling my POV delusional. You and Osama express same feeling.
    • ut2k4king, on 10/10/2007, -1/+8Eyewitness testimony is the most unreliable, I'd feel guilty if I was the one to flip the switch especially because of all the new rulings being reversed due to DNA evidence. Imagine killing someone just to find out years later that the real offender was out and free.
    • MoZo1, on 10/10/2007, -7/+4If a normal 11 year old girl get raped in an average situation she get a psychical wound that will never allow her to live a life that you have. Maybe it's worse than she would have died in an accident. Maybe it's reasonable to kill the crimina then, but killing is surely not necessary to neutralize it.
      But in the other hand, I've seen a lot of 11 year old "little" girl who was having fun toying with 18-22 year old guys, and if they don't get everything they wanted, they just report that they have been raped. You must ask the question, how comes that an average young girl get raped among these b***es, and how likely will she report it instead of staying silent in fear of others learn about it. Before you think this is speculation, I've seen these 2 behaviors with my own eyes in middle school. Moreover I've seen a 12 year old girl in the news having child.
      I've learnt then to not belive anything anymore. Sometimes things are working like theyr own mirror images, and you can easily get lost in a mirror room. This thing is known as the Catch-22.
      So what is the right is a good, but unrelevant question. The right question is what is the best we can do. Surely we can neutralize the suspect by lifelong jail and prevent other acts, and only because the other thing could be worse. And the only thing you will always have to think about that what if you're wrong, or not completly wrong, just partially right?!
      The more you learn, the less you know, and the only way to not miss is to predict your own mistakes before you do them.

      I hope this is an understandable reason why not to kill a child raper.
      • picsectionpleez, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually my friend's 12yo just told her school counselor that her dad "french kissed" her. The counselor reported it to the police who charged him with 5 counts of charges from child endangerment to sexual abuse. He is now facing over 40 years if he is convicted. His bail was $60,000. His lawyer $20,000. He is not allowed to go home to his house either.
        He's not allowed to be with his 14yo son or daughter unsupervised.
        The daughter recanted but the police don't care. They interviewed his neighbors. His life is basically ruined for the next 3 years or so until it comes to trial.
        All she wanted was to go live in Dallas with her grandmother, and she thought that the state would let her move.
    • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -7/+3Only a degenerate, barbaric, murderous vile person would support the death penelty. Revenge is evil. A person who supports execution is no different than the criminal. Did you know that on an execution victim's death certificate the cause of death is listed as homocide? I bet you didn't know that.
      • MoZo1, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0I personally aggreee, but this reasoning is based on moral reasons, so it's inheritedly subjective. Mine above is logical, so as much as I can say it's objective.
      • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Who says revenge is evil? You? Evil is not doing justice. It is just that when someone harms another, he should be harmed equally. Tit for tat. Just as in business, when you give something, you are expected to get something of equal value. When you take someone's life, you've taken away someone's future. It is only JUST that your future be removed. For everytime I consider the pain of family's of murderers who are executed, I am instantly alerted to the bigger pain, the loss felt by the victim's family and the victim themself.
    • ellecon, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Ironically, the advancements in crime science which have exonerated several death-row inmates can be used to support Capital Punishment. It is less likely, although not impossible, that a person will be falsely convicted of a capital offense now than at any other point in history. This margin of error will only decrease as our technological evolution advances.

      I think killing is only justified if by doing so you are immediately protecting the life of a better person or people. I wouldn't stop someone from killing Robert Mugabe or Kim Jong II for example. Some human beings literally cannot feel empathy or remorse. Once these type of people develop a taste for violent crime, there is nothing aside from constant surveillance to ensure that they will not commit violent crimes in the future. You can either monitor them 24/7 or you can end their life. With thousands of homeless families,seniors,and children in the US, it should be offensive to taxpayers that a man or woman who commits a horrible crime is given free shelter,food, entertainment and education on our dime while some poor Mom and her kids live in a car and can't afford enough to eat.

      I can totally understand why it would seem more just to kill murdering pedophile scum rather than pay to keep them alive and pay to keep them from reoffending. If it were a matter of finding them guilty and shooting them on the spot, it would indeed save taxpayers millions and guarantee the safety of potential future victims. However, a death sentence isn't death, it is a 5-10 year process of appeals and then a possible execution. Paying to keep them and paying for the appeals isn't saving that much money when all is said and done. In the general prison population a child murderer/rapist would be lucky to live out the first month, so a death sentence only extends their life.

      I think GPS implants, restrictions on movement/activities, and 24hr video surveillance will be the future for these types of criminals. Let them work and pay taxes.
  • thejoker86, on 10/10/2007, -26/+30I personally dont believe in capital punishment, i think the person should live with the guilt (if they have it) for the rest of their natural lifes, or if they are guiltless just suffer the horrible conditions in which they will live in the gaol for most of their lives.

    As for the actual requests, im surprised at just the giant portions beeing requested / served. If i knew i was going to die, i dont think id have that big of an appitite.
    • Ajajadude, on 10/10/2007, -5/+9Agreed. While knowing you're going to die pretty much sucks the big one, being locked in a cell for 30-40-50+ years can't be a picnic, either. If I was in that situation, dying would sound pretty good.
    • zombies187, on 10/10/2007, -4/+0Don't do me any favors.
    • itsthebrod, on 10/10/2007, -5/+6There are some massive problems in your logic. While I'm kind of wish-washy on the topic of capital punishment, it's definitely not for the same reasons as you. First of all, most of the people don't have guilt. They don't care. Second, horrible conditions in which they live? Are you kidding me? Getting free room and board and free meals while being surrounding by your friends (excuse me, "homies"). That's precisely the reason so many inmates don't MIND going to jail. Some even commit crimes just to return to jail because they prefer that over the "free world."
      • zman14321, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Agreed, "Brooks Was Here"
      • jsbarone, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3I have to disagree with you on the "guilt" part of your statement. I'd be willing to bet that, for violent crimes (murder, rape, etc) the majority of those serving time have major regrets. They're made aware of their mistakes every day. As far as "horrible conditions", I will say that there are a lot of prisons out there that aren't half bad places to be, minus the prison gangs, rampant drug abuse and other nefarious activites that go on.
        • itsthebrod, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Well those "nefarious activities" you mention are pretty much part of the reason they don't mind (and some prefer) being there.
    • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -5/+4So you want to pay for some guy to be locked up for life? I for one don't want to pay for a criminal to live. I don't support criminals and therefore find it disgusting that you do.
      • foxymcfox, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3It cost more to kill a prisoner than it does to keep them in prison for life.

        So would you rather pay a little money to keep someone in jail for life, or pay a lot more money to kill them?
      • Myonosken, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2YOU ***** KEEP THEM LOCKED UP FOR 20 ODD YEARS ANYWAY MUPPET
    • thatsmyaibo, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3They don't always live with guilt though. That's why a lot of them are repeat offenders. People who kill in cold blood are ok with killing. People who sexually abuse women are ok with sexual abuse. That is why they are usually repeat offenders. It's a mentality. The only people who live in guilt are the people who have taken somebody's life and value life.
    • Vektuz, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3Unfortunately, the candidates for death row tend to be those who's crimes have been shown to be excessively violent and unforgivable, generally the kind of thing a person wouldn't do if they had any capability for guilt in the first place. A lot of them are pretty much immune to guilt, which is why they arrive in that situation in the first place.
    • GuitaristTom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2see, now there are finally television shows on like national geographic that show life in a high security prison... so they barely have to work... they can play basketball or read or watch tv.... they get FREE meals... FREE living... how is that worse than the disgusting life they were living as a killer/rapist/etc.
    • Aufverdsing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2If I was going to be executed I would eat and drink as much as I could so the guards would have to clean it up.
  • mwdcodeninja, on 10/10/2007, -5/+81I would request Peking Duck, and a menu from Wolfgang Puck's. (Then again, I would not rape and kill an 11 year old girl... So... I'll just go get my duck now :)
  • boobysaurus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+17The list used to show not only meal requested but the meal the inmate received, don't know when they changed it but it seemed like half the dudes ended up getting a burger and fries.
  • iceman0113, on 10/10/2007, -0/+26This one show all of the meals from past times and from all of the other states:
    http://www.deadmaneating.com/dmearch.html
    • lowryba, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3This is much better the the original digg
    • ernasty10050, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I've spent the last 2 hours reading these...thank you!
  • MikeonTV, on 10/10/2007, -3/+11think they could order booze? I would love a nice Shirah with that medium well steak. Great choice Mr. Black.
    • illfatan, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11sorry, i run a liquor store and you butchered that wine so bad....syrah(from US) shiraz(from AU) i'll forgive you this once. lol
      • drjazzbag, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1As you did with the English in that sentence. You are also forgiven.
  • SmackMyMac, on 10/10/2007, -19/+99Yes we should.

    From the first guy on the list:
    Summary of incident:
    On 7/15/1999 in Conroe, Hayes fatally shot a 46 year old white female (his wife). Hayes used a 44 caliber pistol to shoot her eight times in the head. He left the scene of the incident and went to a convenience store. There he shot an 18 year old black female two times in the head and took her car.

    There are just some people who really don't deserve to dwell on our planet.
    • Buckiller, on 10/10/2007, -17/+5You are right.... they have the RIGHT to live on our planet.

      Obviously we need to keep everyone else safe from them by keeping them in prison for life.
      • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7No they don't, that is why they are being executed. I cannot believe you would support such a screwed up murderer.
      • thewrathoffluff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3And in the meantime we get to pay for their luxurious lives of having TV, exercise gyms, meals made for them, free laundry service.

        As soon as we go back to the old-fashioned method of having no AC, basic tasteless meals, chamber pots, and beds made of boards, then we'll talk.
      • tnoy, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What if he then murders 3 or 4 more people while in prison?
    • Aelbric, on 10/10/2007, -6/+18Second guy on the list murdered a 14-month old boy as part of a murder-for-hire on his parents. I would happily be the executioner myself for this guy.

      Anyone who has sympathy for these animals needs a psychiatrist.
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -6/+5this guy may have been guilty, but there are innocent people on death row. until we have a justice system that is flawless and foolproof, we can't use it to take lives.
      • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2If you have dna evidence, that should be a fast track to the death penalty. All the innocent people were from before dna evidence when they did stupid things like hair matching.
    • Calcularius, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4I know these two guys who lied about needing to invade a country. There are like hundreds of thousands of people dead now.
      • sexified, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Amen!
      • gojeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3I also know about a group of raging imbecilic users who frequent a social blogging site on the Internet to demonstrate, on a daily basis, their lack of original thought and critical thinking.
        • Soup4Brains, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I wish I could digg you up twice.
    • robdazomba, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1I'm curious. Do you think the government already has too much power? If so, how do you reconcile that with the attitude that it's okay for the government to put people to death. I understand not giving a rip for the lives of these criminals, but at the same time, I don't believe the government should have power over whether we live or die.
      • gojeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Capital punishment laws are passed or struck down by voters in a given state. I suggest you direct your question to those folks instead.
    • SmokinWeed, on 10/10/2007, -4/+3Maybe his wife was a bitch
    • drewquinton, on 10/10/2007, -7/+2who are YOU to decide who gets to "deserves" to dwell on OUR planet.
      • alexanEmpire, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Perhaps the family/friend of the victims? Someone who doesn't wig out and committ horrible crimes, maybe?
    • thewrathoffluff, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1Which is exactly the function of the government, not ordinary citizens like you, drewquinton.
    • RobotKing, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Then send them to space. If thats not possible then send them to monster island.
      • apiecealarry, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0What about us normal folks who would totally *kill* to be able to go into space? (pun kinda intended only because I couldn't resist - you don't like it? so shoot me... ok ok I'll stop now) How come they would get to go for free?
        • RobotKing, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I never said they would be sent to space for travel. As in with no helmet float towards the sun.
      • thebusiness, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0That sending them to an island thing was a pretty good idea. Look at Australia!
  • slayerab, on 10/10/2007, -7/+47Is this list making anyone else really hungry? I haven't had lunch yet...
    • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I know! I just got back from a 5 mile run, haven't eaten, and I'm hungry. Then I started reading that list, and everything on it sounds good. But I would feel kind of weird going out to get fried chicken knowing that the reason it sounded good to me is that an executed murdered indirectly "suggested" it.
    • lenlol, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21I would kill for a cheeseburger right about now...
      • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4Kill and you shall receive. It might take decades though.
        • slayerab, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Not unless he keeps repealing the courts decision
      • psykiv, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2:hands lenlol a cheeseburger:
        Now, I need someone to take someone off my hands... Are you interested?
      • VirgilNilson, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Zing of the ***** century.
    • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I know, getting executed kicks ass. I'm hungry now.

      (yeah, digg me down for saying that)
  • ruthless34, on 10/10/2007, -30/+3I am a guy and I slept with sweet Kevin Rose.
    He enjoyed it much. Awwwww....honey
    • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1t0ta11y, l1k ghey p3op1e r ghey!1!1!!1

      Seriously, if you're going to try to make fun of somebody, don't go the gay route, and be original. Not to mention I'm sure that Kevin has better taste in men than some idiot on the internet.
      • ruthless34, on 10/10/2007, -9/+1You're just jealous. We have a special bond that you don't.
  • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -5/+16I don't know. I mean, on one hand, capital punishment is perfectly fine with me for people that did commit the murders. But then I think 'What happens to people that are wrongly convicted?'. I know it probably doesn't happen too often, but man, if it did, it would be hell.
    • illfatan, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1with our technology now, its kinda hard to convict the wrong guy to death row with only circumstantial evidence.
      • Maarek, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3You sure would like to hope that huh? I think it would require that our courts and juries understand the technology being used as well, as a lot of times this evidence is presented by the prosecution as being perfect when it can be flawed.
      • warriorscot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1The technology in some cases and the laws perpetual inability in most of the world to keep up would mean that technology in some cases could help convict the innocent and make it easier to frame an innocent. They can now pick up DNA from just a single cell that can be transferred from an object that had contact years previous with the victim its really amazing what you can do now but its also scary and open to abuse.
    • adrianalebron, on 10/10/2007, -1/+3John Grisham's "The Innocent Man" really got me worrying about wrongful convictions. Even in the age of DNA, we're still screwing things up.

      Study Suspects Thousands of False Convictions
      http://truthinjustice.org/exoneration-study.htm

      It's very easy to say that someone committed a crime and therefore "they deserve what they get," but my fear of wrongful convictions keeps me from completely condemning every prisoner to "what they get."
  • str3ama, on 10/10/2007, -7/+70I would request the "rarest truffle in the world" and while they're out looking for it I'll escape..

    *shifty eyes*
    • blazes816, on 10/10/2007, -7/+1I'd just get an alamo beer.
    • DapperScoo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41But then you'd miss out on eating the rarest truffle in the world.
      • InfinitySnatch, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Quite the conundrum...
      • ellecon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Have you tasted truffles? It's not that much of a miss.
    • gojeda, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2In many states, there is a dollar limit to what a last meal can cost. So it would suck to be you if you wanted a truffle.
  • str3ama, on 10/10/2007, -13/+6Check out this (criminal profile):
    http://web.archive.org/web/20011127160954/www.tdcj.state.tx.us/statistics/deathrow/drowlist/richrdsm.jpg

    Why do they list his race, and race of victims? Does it matter? I mean the crime he committed wasn't even race-related, seems kinda odd that they ask for that, also job and education - what the hell does his education have to do with his incarceration? I mean if he had a PHD does he get a lighter sentence?
  • statix, on 10/10/2007, -12/+6is this really where our tax money is going?
    • synthox, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7* The final meal requested may not reflect the actual final meal served.

      But really do you have that much of a problem with giving a prisoner a $10 meal right before he is put to death. People amaze me...
    • jdhammer, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8No, your tax money is going to Iraq.
      • omgoshlol, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2What are you talking about? "Mission accomplished"
    • twertyto, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7Right.... because serving a last meal is totally breaking our economy. I think there is a ongoing war that is costing just a bit more.
    • holdencaulfield, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2pentagon.
    • yellowdart1219, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0god forbid we give them what they want to eat before we end their life...
  • etcimon, on 10/10/2007, -10/+13They all deserved it, if you want to read the Offender Information..
    • ChrisMR, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Because there's no possible way any of them could be innocent...
  • quami16, on 10/10/2007, -2/+45If they were smart they'd ask for an all you can eat buffet.
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2you hea fo aowa! you go now! no trouble!
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2And if the buffet people were smart, they'd start putting out really, really undesirable foods.
  • OffPiste, on 10/10/2007, -5/+13"On 7/15/1999 in Conroe, Hayes fatally shot a 46 year old white female (his wife). Hayes used a 44 caliber pistol to shoot her eight times in the head. He left the scene of the incident and went to a convenience store. There he shot an 18 year old black female two times in the head and took her car. "

    "Black fatally shot his 36-year-old wife, his 5-month-old daughter, and his 17-month-old granddaughter. Black shot and killed all three of the victims with a 9 millimeter pistol. After he shot all three, he called 911, and when the officers arrived he was holding his deceased daughter in his arms."

    "On 09/27/1997, Baltazar and one co-defendant kicked in the front door of a Corpus Christi home and began shooting. A five year old Hispanic female was struck by two bullets, causing her death. Another female and a male in the residence were struck by bullets, but survived the wounds."


    • jdhammer, on 10/10/2007, -1/+9On 03/13/1996, Hughes snuck into the residence of a white male and proceeded to restrain him. The male was forced into a room and strapped down to a table while Hughes inserted needles into the victim's veins while explaining how said needles would be injecting fluids into him which would induce unconsciousness, stop his breathing, and finally his heart.
    • Fragger404, on 10/10/2007, -0/+7Seriously, all these guys got exactly what they deserved. If it were up to me I'd have them all executed in the same manner they killed their victims.
    • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Baltazar is a ***** sweet name.
  • Jack9, on 10/10/2007, -2/+6Of course? Save us the time and kill yourself.
    • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2Damn right. Just think how much it would save us in tax money if these murderers had just killed themself right after their crimes.
  • disp, on 10/10/2007, -3/+55"Two bacon double cheeseburgers, French fries, onion rings, ketchup, cole slaw, TWO DIET COKES, one quart of milk, one pint of rocky road ice cream, one pint of fried okra, salad dressing, tomato, and onion"

    Diet? Why not just have the real thing?
    • pilotss, on 10/10/2007, -2/+11I laughed too. Yes, on the big day I'd like to look slim and sporty for my morgue pictures.
      • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1I think he's probably thinking, "Man, since I'm about to be executed, I can drink all the aspartame I want without worrying about getting cancer! w00t!"
    • lavchan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+22They taste different, obviously.
      • jdoe562, on 10/10/2007, -2/+0Yeah, but diet coke is watered down and *****. The only people who I know who drink diet sodas are the fat ones. I am average, not slim but not overweight, and I NEVER drink diet sodas.

        ***** YOU, SPLENDA!
        • Aelbric, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Those of us incapable of consuming sugar and high fructose corn syrup disagree (6'1", 190 lbs.). As a one in a while treat, it's not so bad.
        • lavchan, on 10/10/2007, -0/+11. Diet Coke doesn't contain Splenda, except for 'Diet Coke Sweetened with Splenda', which is a separate formula. (It tastes way better than regular Diet Coke and is also much harder to find.)

          2. I don't think Diet Coke is 'watered down' at all. It has plenty of flavour, it just lacks the gross corn syrup.

          3. Most of the people i know who drink diet soda are not fat. I never ever ever drink regular soda and i'm practically under-weight. It's not a matter of calories, it's a matter of not having that disgusting ***** yellow sugar armour on my teeth all day long.
    • thefirstenemy, on 10/10/2007, -2/+20Some people think normal Coke is too sweet.
    • Asidic, on 10/10/2007, -1/+18Some people just prefer the taste of diet soda to that of normal soda.
    • D4r7h3v1l, on 10/10/2007, -10/+4Regular coke is disgusting. Diet rocks.
    • slayerab, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1He was watching his figure.
    • ellecon, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Just for the taste of it.
  • credential101, on 10/10/2007, -1/+41Mitchell, Gerald - 10/22/2001: 1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers
    • MrTankJump, on 10/10/2007, -1/+21Smartest one so far. You know how long it would take to eat an entire bag of Jolly Ranchers?
  • lioneljaffry, on 10/10/2007, -8/+10If you can be 100% certain about having the right person, I believe there are some crimes which warrant the death penalty. Sadly, 100% certainty has all to often turned into a "whoops, we electrocuted the wrong guy - the real perpetrator isn't even black!

    :(
    • StephanieF, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Actually, it has not yet been proven that an individual has been wrongfully executed. Since 1992, about two persons a year on death row have been found not guilty after appeal but there is not one individual who has been proven to be wrongfully executed.

      I knew my bachelors on Criminology would come in handy some time on digg.
  • h4mx0r, on 10/10/2007, -1/+23Some of these are kinda weird. Look at these four people's separate requests:
    1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers
    1 jar of dill pickles
    Justice, Equality, World Peace
    None. Last minute he decided to eat a hamburger at his Mother's request.
    • bentrop, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5Justice, Equality, World Peace *

      * The final meal requested may not reflect the actual final meal served.
    • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+9Haha, that last one is good.

      "I'm not hungry ma, seriously."
      "Oh come now, you need to eat something, you're too thin!"
      "Ah fine...gimme a burger..."
  • Xinephzero, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7My favorite is number 55.
    • primetime485, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4123 Asked that final meal be provided to a homeless person
  • kelchm, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7I'm really hungry now.
  • slipgrid, on 10/10/2007, -21/+17@Should we keep capital punishment?
    No, no matter the case. No.
    • MrTankJump, on 10/10/2007, -5/+2You enjoy paying to keep the murderer's of our society alive? The people that so maliciously took away someone else's chance to fully experience the joy of life? You sir must be religious.
      • cephelo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Maybe if we didn't spend billions of dollars imprisoning people for petty drug crimes we could justify the expense of housing the truly dangerous criminals. I'd rather society pay the extra thousands (not that death sentences are cheap -- on the contrary) to know that if it turns out we did get the wrong man we can release him. The state has no business whatsoever murdering citizens of its own country. It is a power they do not need.
      • thewrathoffluff, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Do not just assume that being religious means that we all want to keep the death penalty. I am Christian and in full support of the death penalty. It does not go against the Bible.
    • Fragger404, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5I'm religious and I still think these guys should get whatever they dished out. Lethal injection is a bit too easy on them IMHO.
      • dbz253, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1isn't that what the first half of the bible teaches?
    • seraph582, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0there are two things wrong with capital punishment:
      too slow
      too expensive
      • IheartZombies, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1We should make it quick and cheap like a shotgun to the face? or a 9mm to the gut 8 times?
  • imightbewrong, on 10/10/2007, -2/+7 Two 16 oz. ribeyes, one lb. turkey breast (sliced thin), twelve strips of bacon, two large hamburgers with mayo, onion, and lettuce, two large baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, and chives, four slices of cheese or one-half pound of grated cheddar cheese, chef salad with blue cheese dressing, two ears of corn on the cob, one pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and four vanilla Cokes or Mr. Pibb

    stick it to the man!
    • docbob84, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6By the time you get to the day you are going to be executed, you have already been through one trial, at least one mandatory appeals process, almost certainly many MORE appeals that your lawyer has gone through, and you've probably sued the state for everything more inconvenient than your prison not having enough ketchup. You've already cost your state hundreds of thousands, if not a few million dollars to convict you, to keep that conviction from being overturned, and to defend itself from your lawsuits. Any meal, even if it cost a thousand dollars (which they would probably refuse to give anyway) is pocket change in comparison.
    • decker12, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0I was going to quote that one myself. Now that's a meal!
  • cyborg, on 10/10/2007, -0/+8this is probably the saddest one: "Chocolate birthday cake with "2/23/90" written on top, seven pink candles, one coconut, kiwi fruit juice, pineapple juice, one mango, grapes, lettuce, cottage cheese, peaches, one banana, one delicious apple, chef salad without meat and with thousand island dressing, fruit salad, cheese, and tomato slices"
    • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Yeah, what the hell is 2/23/90 about? The guy was executed in 2001, so that would be the birthday of someone who is about 11 years old at the time. And the guy himself was arrested in 1980 according to the profile, that date is about 10 years after he was born.
      • OMGLINUXWOAH, on 10/10/2007, -1/+1Victim's birthday.
        • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Guy went to jail in 1980. It'd be hard for his victim to have been born 10 years after he went to jail for killing them.
      • cephelo, on 10/10/2007, -1/+0Last time he saw his daughter, perhaps...
      • seibed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3My guess would be that it's when he converted to Christianity ("Born again") This page (http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/richardson721.htm) makes a few references to having discovered religion and even founded a church group while in prison. Reading his history, it doesn't appear that he was as disruptive after that date (with multiple attempted escapes before that date)
      • jkarhu24, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0If you get enough criminals to believe that they'll "go to heaven" after they're killed, you settle dissent a little, and it makes it much easier for everyone.
    • TheShad0w, on 10/10/2007, -0/+5What also interesting is that his request was vegetarian
  • dechah, on 10/10/2007, -4/+9I would love to read Hannibal Lecter's last meal request :-)
    • docbob84, on 10/10/2007, -2/+2Probably reads like a bad zombie movie script. Braaaaains... BRAAAAAAIIIIINNNSSSSSSS....
    • SuperMoses, on 10/10/2007, -1/+5Hannibal Lecter's last meal: Jim the Janitor.
  • Wailord, on 10/10/2007, -9/+33Here's on example of someone who got a final meal:

    Page and two other young men were convicted of killing a 19-year old "friend," near the town of Spearfish in the rural west of South Dakota.

    The victim was kidnapped at gunpoint, then tortured for almost 3 hours before his death. He was forced to drink acid, repeatedly kicked and beaten, stabbed in the head and torso, and forced to remove his clothing in an icy creek.

    His body was not found until a month later.
    _______________
    So, no, I don't want to rethink captial punishment.
  • Yuglooc, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7Chocolate birthday cake with "2/23/90" written on top, seven pink candles


    Pretty sad..
  • Sblader5, on 10/10/2007, -1/+59123 Offender Information Madden Robert 822 05/28/1997 Asked that final meal be provided to a homeless person
    • TheRemoteViewer, on 10/10/2007, -0/+18You know what's ***** is that last time I heard someone asked for that, they didn't get it, because the prison said they couldn't use resources on someone outside the prison system.
      • insomniac8400, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Makes perfect sense. The prison's job is to feed the people in it, not out of it.
      • theodenking, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3And of course they couldn't bend the rules to accommodate the last charitable act of a man they were about to kill.
      • Solkre, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I'm sure he was being put to death for his excessive charitable acts. Dammit we killed Jesus again!
    • barkleydoom, on 10/10/2007, -1/+10First glance and I thought it said "Asked that final meal provided to 'BE' a homeless person". Little bit 'o dyslexia slippin in
  • mntbikeracer1, on 11/04/2007, -14/+5Yes we should, put the money that would be used to keep them in an institution for better purposes. And don't tell me it costs more to execute them, the only reason for that is you whiny liberals causing problems and wasting government money trying to keep them from being executed.
    • Maarek, on 11/04/2007, -1/+4I would rather pay to keep these convicts behind bars and consider saving money and reducing prison population by ending the war on drugs than continue capital punishment and persist in society being responsible for the execution of, in some cases, innocent people.

      There are plenty of places where we can save money (and isn't it odd how all the other western countries that don't practice capital punishment manage to shoulder the cost quite easily) that we have no need to continue killing those we incarcerate.
    • docbob84, on 11/04/2007, -1/+4What costs money is the mandatory appeals process, not the execution itself. And removing that process is a bad idea, it's another safeguard to TRY to minimize false convictions. It's not "whiny liberals... trying to keep them from being executed," it's being as sure as is reasonably possible that someone didn't make a mistake somewhere that led to an innocent person being killed. Obviously it's not perfect; in a perfect world, we would be psychic, convict a killer in a few minutes, they would be executed instantly and cost the state a few bucks. It obviously doesn't work that way, and the somewhat expensive appeals process is necessary to minimize mistakes.
    • warriorscot, on 11/04/2007, -1/+1Yeah because its liberal to help make sure 100% someone is guilty of the crime you want to kill them for. Guess what body without those whiny liberals the US for example would be guilty of nothing better than mass murder of allot of very unlucky people allot of death row inmates were later found innocent.
  • nugge7, on 10/10/2007, -3/+6This doesn't make me feel sad, just hungry. :)
  • Sakk, on 10/10/2007, -19/+6Are you ***** kidding me? Who the hell are you to even suggest that these slabs of meat that happened to be born NOT be killed. There is a reason they are being killed, don't you EVER for get that. They weren't sitting around playing cards with their friends and someone decided that they should die. Coffin Filler, that's what they are.
    • Electric_Sheep, on 10/10/2007, -2/+8People HAVE been wrongly convicted and given the death penalty when they were innocent. That is why the UK abolished the death penalty and why no other country in the European Union has capital punishment.
      One mistake is too many.
      • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2Sometimes it is very very clear who did it. In those cases, there is no better fitting punishment than swift execution.
    • ut2k4king, on 10/10/2007, -3/+2If someone killed my friends or family, I wouldn't want them dead, I'd want them to rot in prison for the rest of their lives. And Electric Sheep is right, there are so many people wrongly accused in the US each year. There's no reason I can think of to keep capital punishment, none.
      • BeyondGoodNEvil, on 10/10/2007, -3/+1Ok, but pay for their time in prison.
  • VCAT, on 10/10/2007, -3/+5How can you even eat when you know that meal is going to be rotting inside you forever.
    • nitrousconsumed, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1If they're going to be electrocuted, that food will come out of their ass, as they ***** uncontrollably whilst being pumped with 1000's of volts of electricity.
      "The more you know."
      • Amadeus2490, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3And they remove the stomach contents in the morgue, anyways; it goes along with that whole "embalming" thing.
    • MagicCake, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0If you're about to be killed, then the rotting is somebody elses problem, right?
    • happyfundave, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1How can you eat knowing that its going to be turned into smelly crap inside your body.
    • edtruckell, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1afaik theres usually an autopsy of the prisoner after execution. the stomach contents would be removed and probably not returned to the cadaver for disposal.
    • warriorscot, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Cause thats their biggest problem
  • Naryuu, on 10/10/2007, -9/+4how about a nice hot cup of life...
  • chukd, on 10/10/2007, -4/+7I don't care either way, I just want a consistent statement by the people in the government. If we are pro-life, then we abortions are not allowed either are executions. If executions are allowed, then abortions and assisted suicide by terminally ill patients are allowed.
    • mos6507, on 10/10/2007, -0/+6People are hardwired to have more compassion for the the young.
    • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Though they all involve someone making a choice about ending a human life, these are not all identical situations. I don't think logic dictates that they should either all be allowed or all forbidden.
    • Smight, on 10/10/2007, -4/+1If you are going to allow abortion because capital punishment is legal then to be consistent all murder should be legal. The victims of abortion have committed no crime except for existing, the victims of capital punishment have committed atrocities against humanity.
      • TheWolfen, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Wow.. you are actually getting dugg down?! What.. some people don't like facing the fact that abortion kills a defenseless innocent life??
    • pintomp3, on 10/10/2007, -1/+2only potential life is sacred. actual life can be taken away through judgment of a flawed justice system or used in wars for profit.
    • mntbikeracer1, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3Yep because those damn unborn children just cannot stop raping and murdering.
  • LagerAndCrisps, on 10/10/2007, -3/+4URL isn't working =/
  • sargentcrackers, on 10/10/2007, -10/+5Bring back the hanging! It would save us a lot of tax money.
  • gardo, on 10/10/2007, -2/+3291 Cool Whip and cherries... nice
  • mos6507, on 10/10/2007, -1/+7Based on what they asked for I'm surprised they didn't die of a heart attack first.
    • dimebonics, on 10/10/2007, -0/+4Maybe that's what they were going for. :) I know if I had a few hours left it would be no-bolds barred eating, drinking and smoking.
  • fezzasus, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4Looks like they didn't have much choice but fried chicken;

    "Wild game or whatever is on the menu and cold lemonade. Served cheeseburger and french fries, declined last meal"
  • 471776, on 10/10/2007, -5/+28"...two diet cokes..."

    ...if it's your last meal, I think you can have a regular coke without feeling bad about it.
    • imightbewrong, on 10/10/2007, -2/+5i lol'd
    • jasmar, on 10/10/2007, -2/+4All people who drink diet soft drinks don't do so because they feel guilty about drinking non-diet soda. sometimes they prefer the flavor. I know I do.
      • theodenking, on 10/10/2007, -2/+1"Humor (humour in British English) is the ability or quality of people, objects or situations to invoke feelings of amusement in other people. The term encompasses any form of entertainment or human communication which invokes such feelings, or which makes people laugh or feel happy. "
      • djvchris, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Hmmmm...aspartame...
      • Tweekster, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0Those people must love the stomach cancer it causes too.

        Regular soda is a 1000 times better than diet.
        • adrianmonk, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0... because while aspartame is a nasty chemical, high fructose corn syrup is perfectly natural and healthy!

          Now, if you were talking about sodas that have real cane sugar in them, I might agree, but most sodas don't.
    • jeylux, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1Or, they're diabetic?
  • Martlet, on 10/10/2007, -11/+6Not only should they do it, but they should do it much quicker.
    • prleet, on 10/10/2007, -8/+4you are an idiot
      • Acglaphotis, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0How many times have you said that already?
      • Martlet, on 10/10/2007, -0/+0An idiot why? Because I hate watching my tax dollars go to support violent criminals for years?
    • norbiu, on 10/10/2007, -0/+1I think the wait is so much worse ...
  • hammerpants, on 10/10/2007, -0/+2I'd fill up on beans...I mean thump-your-belly full. That way, when they flipped the switch, I'd go "KABLAMO!" and take a few of them with me.
  • atlacatl, on 10/10/2007, -0/+3@synthox: "But really do you have that much of a problem with giving a prisoner a $10 meal right before he is put to death. People amaze me..."

    This may be little bit more than $10.00.

    "Two 16 oz. ribeyes, one lb. turkey breast (sliced thin), twelve strips of bacon, two large hamburgers with mayo, onion, and lettuce, two large baked potatoes with butter, sour cream, cheese, and chives, four slices of cheese or one-half pound of grated cheddar cheese, chef salad with blue cheese dressing, two ears of corn on the cob, one pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and four vanilla Cokes or Mr. Pibb."

    And I have have no other comment...But, I'm hungry now...
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