Texas' Death Row Does Away With Last Meal Requests

• The death penalty DOES work. It relieves good tax payers of a burden. That's reason enough for me. Just make sure they really committed the crime before you throw the switch.

• I doubt that very much.  I'm sending her to college.

• Life does enjoy teaching it's lessons in scouring fashion doesn't it, your daughter shall someday marry a man like me :)

• Actually, TX has one of the costliest mental health programs in the US.  TX, along with Glaxo, Merck, Johnson & Johnson, and many others feel that 1/3 of the population in TX is mentally ill and in dire need of newly patented psychotropics.  Oddly, it seems when drugs lose their patent and become generic, they are no longer effective, according to drug companies.    So, they came up with the TMAP program to address this through screenings of inmates, foster children and those receiving public assistance.  They managed to have 1/3 of these populations on psychotropics and bankrupt the medicaid system.

• I sure know he's likely to be hungry in hell.

• Sucks to be them

• I'm not sure why this practice started to begin with. Was it a kind of, "Yeah, you're a murderer and because of that, we're going to kill you... but so we don't look like heartless hypocrites... Pick your last meal! Anything you want! Eat it, enjoy it and then we're going to fry you!"?  Not sure. All I know is this: (jumps on the soap box) The Death Penalty fucking sucks. I've said it before and I'll say it a thousand more times.. It sucks. It fucking sucks. It's racist. It's wrong. It's unjust.  It doesn't reduce the crime rate. Doesn't ease the pain and agony of having a loved one, prematurely, permanently removed from your life. It doesn't bring the victim back.. (geez. wouldn't that be nice?).  And on top of that all, innocent people have been put to death for serious crimes that they did not commit. Fuck.. I'm not sure what I would do if one of my loved ones was murdered and the state executed the wrong person... Yeah, the state has never formally said, "oopsies!" and I don't blame them, really.. Hell, I'm not sure how I could live with myself if I prosecuted and got a conviction and execution of someone who was innocent.. Not to mention the lawsuit that would follow that admission.. 

• This is why we can't have nice things. 

• Are you trying to tell that you are a fat prawn?

• I've thought this issue for a long time, and never really come up with a solid answer yet. Bacon and eggs with toast and orange juice?  Or maybe blueberry waffles with real maple syrup and crispy sausage on the side. Or steak and prawns.  Wait...ALL prawns.  Yeah, a huge plate of big fat prawns cooked in a batter with lots of garlic.  And dipping sauce.  Good sauce.  And french fries.  Not wimpy fries.  Thick manly fries.  And ranch dressing.  Some hot sauce to give it kick...

• I agree. After all, isn't it the south that put us all in this race war? TX and the rest of the south should not be making anymore of their own rules, they should be on double secret probation.

• Has nothing to do with the price. -rolling eyes-

• I think he still had an appeal pending and thought that the guy in Alabama (?) who was claiming innocence up to the end would cause all executions to stop.

• Yes.  Not the state of education in the state of Texas; not the budget deficit; not the lack of money to fund quality foster care/investigations into abuse of children; not lack of funds for mental health issues; not lack of funds for health care; not the problems of the elderly....nope, for this jacka** it's the cost of a meal for a death row inmate ($50.00?).  I am so proud!

• I'm beyond thrilled that they stopped this practice.  As has been said here and on other forums, damn shame they don't get their BigMacs after raping/murdering/assaulting/dragging, etc someone to death. Too bad.  I find it odd that the general public that I've seen online all support this, and yet everyone is shocked that an elected official finally did his job.  I'd vote for him.

• Idk what made him think he was gonna get out of being executed the fucking evil racist piece of shit! Who the fuck can even think about eating the hour or so before their death? I'd be more worried about burning in hell for eternity.

• definitely not the popcorn button.

• That was just dumb, if he thought he would get out of being executed then he should have definitely ate it. The next day he would have been right back to the same jail kitchen slop.

• I am laughing so hard right now. Thanks. And great idea.

• An adult diaper is put on them.  It's been done for over a hundred years in many locations because they would often soil themselves before or during the execution.

• It makes me think do they give this guy time for his food to settle and take a shit or do they plug him full of drugs and let him shit him self?

• he was trying to get it overturned at the last second....fucker deserved to die for what he did to that innocent man. RIP James Byrd....

• Another reason to use the electric chair, is that the warden could put his lunch, a TV Dinner, on the lap of the soon to be executed prisoner. You just have to figure out the right setting.

• i always felt this was messed up...do murderers give their victims a last request..be it for food or saying goodbye to a loved one..i think not...

• Fucking great idea, some homeless guy who could use the food maybe.

• lol I like that idea

• I think you should ask them what they want and then have someone sit and eat it in front of them. 

• Really Senator? You lose sleep over this??

• I say.... let these fuckers go to hell hungry... why should they receive that small bit of kindness, did they show it to their victims, did they give their victims a little going away dinner... fuck them!

• Yeah I heard about this . He didn't eat ANY of it....But they say it is because he thought he was gonna get out of being executed....He was dead wrong....and probably hungry when he died....

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