There were a total of 2,436 Death Row inmates in the US as of January 1, 2022, and while the practice has been abolished in the UK it has remained a key part of America’s law and order system
In the US, 14 prisoners’ lives lost in the last 10 years on Death Row
Some bizarre least meals from Death Row prisoners have been revealed from a greasy KFC bargain bucket, a pizza donation and even two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.
In America, though, there have been 14 prisoners’ lives lost in the last 10 years by Death Row.
Picking your last meal can be extremely hard – especially if there’s little appetite to do so knowing it’s about to be the last meal you ever consume.
Some prisoners will opt for a substantial last meal, while others opt for something light like a dessert.
But some even refuse to eat and instead decide a cup of coffee.
In 2007, police killer Phillip Workman was executed, but he chose to not even eat his final meal.
He demanded that his vegetarian pizza be donated to a homeless person in Nashville.
However, the prison denied his last request and he refused to eat anything.
Inmates are usually given the option of a last meal before they’re put to death in front of witnesses
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In honour of Workman, people from all over the country donated a huge number of vegetarian pizzas out of respect for his decision to make his final act one of kindness.
Charities donated pizzas and individuals and activist Donna Spangler grouped together with friends to organise almost £1,000 worth of pizzas to be sent.
She said: “Philip Workman was trying to do a good deed and no one would help him.”
Serial killer Aileen Wuornos – inspiration for the 2003 Oscar-winning film Monster – was executed in 2002.
She did not have a huge appetite before she was executed and chose to just have a cup of coffee before being put to death by lethal injection.
Aileen Wuornos was executed in 2002 and chose to have just a cup of coffee
Another prisoner, Timothy McVeigh, the man behind the infamous Oklahoma City bombing, requested to have two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream as his last meal.
He was sentenced for 168 counts of murder and died aged 33.
Some people, however, wanted a feast fit for a king.
Notorious John Wayne Gacy, also known as the Killer Clown, dined on a bucket of original recipe KFC, 12 fried shrimp, a pound of strawberries and some french fries before he received a lethal injection.
He was sentenced to death for rape and 33 counts of murder.
John Wayne Gacy had a lethal injection but dined on a bucket of original recipe KFC before he was killed
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Richard Moore has been on Death Row for more than 20 years
In South Carolina, Richard Bernard Moore, who has been imprisoned since 1999, is due to be executed by a firing squad following a fatal robbery shooting in a convenience store that went horribly wrong.
Twenty years later, Moore maintains he didn’t bring the gun with him.
Moore believes the man he killed died from a gunshot wound caused during the fight between them.
He also thinks the gun belonged to his victim, James Mahoney, Daily Star reported.
However, Moore was given the choice between the firing squad or the electric chair, choosing the gun due to wanting the execution over quickly.
Moore’s execution has been delayed as some states have been unable to get their hands on the lethal injection drugs used in executions because pharmaceutical companies are refusing to sell to them.
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