Jasper murderer prompts end to Texas prisons' last meals

[2165 Turbo Rail]

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.

exactly... convicted today, last meal of choice tomorrow, chair tomorrow night.

[UserX]

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

Are you from San Fran?

[Treasure Chest]

*Two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions

*A triple meat bacon cheeseburger with fixings on the side

*A cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and jalapenos

*A large bowl of fried okra with ketchup

*One pound of barbecue with half a loaf of white bread

*Three fajitas with fixings

*A meat lovers pizza

*Three root beers

*One pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream

*A slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts

Read more: http://www.kfdm.com/articles/meal-44...#ixzz1Yn20h1Sf

[jasonw_2005]

I say fuck the needle execution. Throw their ass in old sparky and let them ride the thunderbolt.

[Trip McNeely]

Let them starve to death. Its a win/win.

[VaderTT]

I think the death of someone on the row should resemble their crime. I.E., if you were a serial rapist, you get ass raped to death. If you killed a kid, you get killed by a bunch of kids and so on.

Shit!

[hunt4m3x]

Fuck that.

In Japan, death row inmates are informed of their execution date the morning of; sometimes living for years without knowing when they will die. They are then hanged in a "death chamber" and no public statement (even to family and lawyers) is made until after they are dead.

http://www.japansociety.org/a_secret_theater

[SEB]

Fuck that.

They should do what Japan does. They don't tell when you are going to be hanged, yes hanged. They just come to you one day and hang your ass. then they Notify family.

http://www.japansociety.org/a_secret_theater

I like that idea!

[VaderTT]

Fuck that.

In Japan, death row inmates are informed of their execution date the morning of; sometimes living for years without knowing when they will die. They are then hanged in a "death chamber" and no public statement (even to family and lawyers) is made until after they are dead.

http://www.japansociety.org/a_secret_theater

Or like China, shoot you in the face and send the bill to your family, lol.

[03mustangdude]

y'd they let him pick so much shoulda just told him to stick with 1

[stephen4785]

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.

Their "Last meal" is given to them two days before. The day before they're only given water.

[scootro]

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.

The tradition of providing a condemned person a final meal goes back to the ancient Greeks, Egyptians, and Romans who all practiced this custom. Ages ago in Europe the provision of a last meal had superstitious underpinnings. It was believed that if a condemned person received a last meal, he tacitly accepted his fate and forgave those responsible for his demise, (i.e., the executioner, the judge, the witnesses to the crime, etc.). Thus, his acquiescence and absolution would prevent his spirit from vengefully haunting those who had played a role in his prosecution.

Today, most governments provide a last meal to those who are sentenced to death. In the United States, the actual parameters of the last meal vary from state to state. Naturally there are limitations on the requests. You will not find any convicts chowing down on foie gras and Russian caviar before meeting their maker. Texas limits the meals to food that can be made within the prison. Florida imposes a twenty dollar price limit. Some states will allow take out from pizza parlors or other popular restaurants. Maryland conversely, does not offer its inmates a special last meal. Alcohol is universally forbidden and a final smoke depends on whether the prison is smoke-free or not.

[SSMAN]

I just want to know what they did with that chicken fried steak? Yum

[mstng86]

The director of public information said he didn't get any of that shit. They are saying the inmate asked for it, but they only provide what they have on hand in the kitchen.

[32vfromhell]

i would imagine it would be quite easy to lose all appetite knowing you were about to die. For a "normal" person, it would be an incredibly sobering understanding to realize your last moments on earth are coming to pass.