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There is a story of a man who was afraid of mushrooms, but ordered them for his last meal. The details of a condemned man’s last meal are part of the death penalty lifestyle. The State of Texas used to document the last meals on a website, but that has been discontinued. Another site, deadmaneating.com, has not been updated since 2007.
A yahoo page about last meals has a quote from the former warden of the prison at Jackson, Georgia. The facility at Jackson is the scene for executions in Georgia. The name of the former warden is Fred Head.
Slate.com had a story about last meals recently. Some details about what can and cannot be ordered were shown, and some of the shortcuts some states…notably Virginia…take. A famous execution in Arkansas was remembered. This execution was authorized by Governor Bill Clinton. “In 1992, Arkansas convict Ricky Ray Rector, who had brain damage from shooting himself in the head after killing a police officer, ate a final meal of steak, fried chicken, and cherry Kool-Aid, but famously said he wanted to save his pecan pie for later.”
In nearby Oklahoma, Jimmy Dale Bland was processed June 26, 2007. Mr. Bland had terminal lung cancer, and would die within six months anyway. His last meal was “hot and spicy chicken breast, two slices of sausage pizza with extra cheese, a slice of German chocolate cake, a pint of French vanilla ice cream and a Dr. Pepper.” Also in Oklahoma was the final lifestyle choice of Thomas Grasso, on March 20, 1995. The final words of Mr. Grasso were “Please tell the media, I did not get my Spaghetti-O’s, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know.”
Ricky Lee Sanderson, in North Carolina turned down a final meal on Jan. 30, 1998. “I didn’t take [the last meal] because I have very strong convictions about abortion and the 33 million babies that have been aborted in this country. Those babies never got a first meal and that’s why I didn’t take the last in their memory.”
In 1983, Robert Dale Conklin had a dispute with a friend. Mr. Conklin killed his good buddy, cut the remains into little pieces, and left them in a dumpster. The fact that the deceased was an attorney did not justify this action, and the State of Georgia executed Mr. Conklin in 2005. PG is confident that this execution has a strong deterrent value.
At the time of his indiscretion, Mr. Conklin was a manager at a McDonalds, and he knew his food. For his final meal, Mr. Conklin got ” a filet mignon wrapped with bacon; de-veined shrimp sautéed in garlic butter with lemon; baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives and real bacon bits; corn on the cob; asparagus with hollandaise sauce; French bread with butter; goat cheese; cantaloupe; apple pie; vanilla bean ice cream and iced tea. Prison officials said he ate the entire meal, cleaning two plates.”