Jasper murderer prompts end to Texas prisons' last meals

[stevo]

I have to say, I do not agree with this. I am all for the death penelty, but at least give them the last meal of their choice, don't stop it because one asshat decided not to eat the shit he asked for.

HOUSTON, Texas (AP) - Texas prison officials say they're stopping special last meals for condemned inmates facing execution after an elaborate request from a convicted killer in a notorious dragging death prompted complaints from a prominent state senator.

Sen. John Whitmire told prisons director Brad Livingston Thursday he wanted the "ridiculous" and "inappropriate" practice ended or he'd seek a state statute banning the "last meal of choice."
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Livingston agreed and said the practice was ending immediately. Whitmire's ire was raised by the final meal request from Lawrence Russell Brewer, who was executed Wednesday night for his role in death of James Byrd Jr. Among other items, Brewer requested two chicken fried steaks, a triple cheeseburger, a pound of barbecue and a pint of ice cream.

Prison officials said he didn't eat any of it.

Stevo

[roliath]

he probably lost his appetite knowing he was gonna die shortly after.
if I were on death row, I would eat some nasty shit and try my damndest to shit myself before they gave me the needle/gas. leave them with at least something to make their job a little less pleasant.

[Hmbre97]

They're criminals. Why do they get some elaborate last meal of their choice? Did that fuckstick give James Byrd Jr. a choice for his last meal?

[OreoStang]

They're criminals. Why do they get some elaborate last meal of their choice? Did that fuckstick give James Byrd Jr. a choice for his last meal?

I'm agreeing with u. Why should they get anything before they are executed. They had their day in court. They were tried and found guilty so they lost their rights IMO. Never understood why it takes so long. They sit on death row for years

[Vertnut]

I think the sonuvabitches should live on bread and water till they get the needle.

[Raskal]

i don't think that's too outrageous.. all fairly cheap items...i expected to read that he let some crab and porterhouse go to waste or something. Reading some of the requested last meals though Burgers and chicken fried steak are always pretty high on the list.

[BERNIE MOSFET]

i don't think that's too outrageous.. all fairly cheap items...i expected to read that he let some crab and porterhouse go to waste or something. Reading some of the requested last meals though Burgers and chicken fried steak are always pretty high on the list.

It's not the added expense, especially considering the cost of incarceration and execution. It's the luxury of granting someone special treatment to somehow atone for their execution. If they deserve to die, they don't deserve any of the things that make life nice.

I think Whitmire is basically saying "fuck those assholes" in a nice, PC manner.

[Saleen781]

they should only offer a menu of low cholesteral, healthy foods to choose from. lol..

[SEB]

I dont think they should get shit! They didnt give the people they killed a last meal. Eye for eye I say!

[Damnittsteve]

i say give em a good last meal, but dont keep them on death row for 30 years waiting to die, soon as they are convicted, in the chair you go.

[Geor!]

he probably lost his appetite knowing he was gonna die shortly after.
if I were on death row, I would eat some nasty shit and try my damndest to shit myself before they gave me the needle/gas. leave them with at least something to make their job a little less pleasant.

You're gonna piss and shit yourself with you kick anyway.

[ceyko]

I'm too lazy to research and try to determine where the last meal tradition came from. Probably not even in the US.

I could not care less if a death row inmate gets a requested meal or not before he/she dies. A couple of (or at least one) families could have eaten off what that SOB wasted and those families are not on death row.

[Big Dad]

Well I was layin’ in my cell on death row
When I heard the warden say
He said Ray you got one more day.
You got one last meal before we carry you away.
He said if we ain’t got it, we’re gonna have to send out and get it
And you don’t have to go, you don’t have to go
Until we get back with it
Everything!
So I turned to the warden and then I said,
Warden bring me two dinosaur eggs over easy
Fried in butter, and not too greasy,
Mosquito knees and black eyed peas.
A little bit of butter on my bee bop beans, a saber tooth tiger steak
A whole hippopotamus well baked
So go and get my dinner, go, and get my dinner
You ain’t got it, go out and get it
Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it

Now bring me a cup of crocodile tears,
I want a purple watermelon and some alligator ears
Two cross-eyed catfish and a female banana I sure can’t resist
Now bring me an order of those fried _______________
A barbequed brick of chocolate ice cream

So go and get my dinner, go, and get my dinner
You ain’t got it, go out and get it
Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it
Now go, and get my dinner, go
And get my dinner, go
And get my dinner, go
And get my dinner
You ain’t got it, got to go out and get it
Cause I ain’t goin’ till you get back with it

[Samhain]

James Byrd Jr didn't get a "last meal".

[Vertnut]

James Byrd Jr didn't get a "last meal".

Yeah. I wouldn't consider tar and gravel a meal at all.