The most oft requested item on "last" meal menus: fried chicken
Good. I’ve always thought that they should simply be offered the exact same meal being served by the prison commissary on the day of their executions. If they don’t want to eat, no sweat off my back.
Death Row inmates have been abusing the privilege for years, but the two scheduled executions this week brought the mockery to the attention of State Senator John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee.
First there was Cleve Foster — this week was his third trip to the death chamber this year. And he received his third stay. Unlike the first two trips, he did not get a chance to eat his “final” meal, which was 2 whole fried chickens and a five gallon bucket of peaches. Seriously 5 gallons of peaches.
Then, apparently the one that prompted Whitmire to send his letter of complaint to the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, was the final meal of white supremacist Lawrence Brewer, who requested two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet, a large bowl of fried okra, three fajitas, a pint of Blue Bell ice cream, and a pound of barbecue with a half loaf of white bread. And then proceeded not to eat a bite of it (I can’t imagine having much of an appetite just hours from my known time of death).
Via Fox News:
Texas inmates who are set to be executed will no longer get their choice of last meals, a change prison officials made Thursday after a prominent state senator became miffed over an expansive request from a man condemned for a notorious dragging death…
…”It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege,” Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, wrote in a letter Thursday to Brad Livingston, the executive director of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice.
Within hours, Livingston said the senator’s concerns were valid and the practice of allowing death row offenders to choose their final meal was history.
“Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made,” Livingston said. “They will receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit.”
That had been the suggestion from Whitmire, who called the traditional request “ridiculous.”
“It’s long overdue,” the Houston Democrat told The Associated Press after he was informed of Livingston’s decision. “This old boy last night, enough is enough. We’re fixing to execute the guy and maybe it makes the system feel good about what they’re fixing to do. Kind of hypocritical, you reckon?
“Mr. Byrd didn’t get to choose his last meal. The whole deal is so illogical.”
Good for you, Sen. Whitmire; this has been long overdue. Oh, and before all you Liberal bed wetters start screaming, Sen. Whitmire is a Democrat.
So…ironically enough, the two final last meals requested from the death chamber not only were never eaten, but they were also truly the “last.” And who’s the first condemned man to be affected by this new rule? Frank Martinez Garcia. I’ll bet he really hates that white supremacist cracker even more now. Garcia is scheduled for execution on October 27.
At long last, no more chickens will have to give their lives so that these merciless animals might have one final tasty meal.
Related Posts
Email This Post
⋅
Print This Post
Isn’t Whitmore the guy who received death threats from death row?
Yes, he was…
I think it’s great seeing as the DR inmates (most of them) rant and rave about the fact that the “last meal” is just a slap in the face…
So good. Eat the crap the rest of the prisoners eat. They deserve less anyway since the victims didn’t get to have a “last meal”.
What do you want to bet we will now hear PTO going on and on how cruel it is to not give them a last wish…
Pfffft…just one more thing for them to bitch about…miserable women that they are…
no bet. I can hear the screams now. *grin*
Yeah…so far, reading the whiny-ass Liberal whines and moans at the Texas Tribune’s facebook page on this topic, their already comparing the last meal of a prisoner to the last meal of Jesus Christ (as in, “even Jesus got a last meal…”).
Once again, the Liberals show that they have more compassion for an evil animal on death row than they would for an unborn baby.
The last meal of the condemned is actually quite steeped in tradition, mostly as a mark of begrudging respect for spies and revolutionaries executed by guillotine or firing squad after having found themselves on the losing side of a conflict.Seems a little harsh taking it off Texas DR convicts but it’s none of my business and they do seem to have been abusing it!
I was out training a new salesman today calling on customers in my trucking business and treated myself and my trainee to a large KFC lunch, I’d read this article earlier and when the girl on the till asked me “Would you like to Supersize that.” I replied “No thank you, what am I? A Texan murderer!”
There won’t have been a single person in the whole of the UK who would have known what the hell I was talking about.
I think my trainee has me pegged as a weirdo now too!………………………D’oh!
The last meal dates back to ancient Greece.
It was intended to show grace and honor to a man about to be executed. That will probably still apply at the national level, but in our state it has become a last chance for the condemned to display their lack of honor and to mock our society as a whole.
In this, the final straw, he wasted considerable amounts of food, time and labor for a meal no one man could possibly consume, and in this instance, had no intention of eating. Still other condemned men would stuff themselves with as much food as they could so they would leave an enormous mess for those responsible for his body and embalming, afterward.
As a result we have arrived at this point where they will be offered a last meal, but only what happens to be available to all prisoners at the time.
I still say the condemned deserve a “loser’s lunch.”
no2liberals
Thank you for that. Your post has given me an understanding of Texans position on this issue, and I can see that these gorging inmates see this as a way to effect yet another innocent victim as they exit their miserable and sinful lives. They beggar belief and have no shame.
I didn’t mean any disrespect with my silly KFC story, I just thought people might find it funny.
You mention honor and grace in your post and of course there’s none of either among the condemned at Polunsky today.
So no last meal requests. Good!
“was out training a new salesman today calling on customers in my trucking business and treated myself and my trainee to a large KFC lunch, I’d read this article earlier and when the girl on the till asked me “Would you like to Supersize that.” I replied “No thank you, what am I? A Texan murderer!”
ROFL…oh my..everyone must have been dead silent and looking at you like you’re a complete lunatic when you said that!
Now if he had been in any KFC in Texas he would have heard everyone in the place laughing.
You’re not wrong there Sean! Deafening silence punctuated by my Mutley style sniggering!
No2liberals!
LMAO! I was trying so hard to post a Mutley image and couldn’t! How did you do that Buddy?
I couldn’t explain it, just call it years of goofing on the interwebs.
U people are fucking idots
I’m wondering just how many letters from outraged taxpayers they’ve ignored on this very subject. I’m glad they did it. but the REASON they did it stinks to hell and gone. Wouldn’t listen to what I suspect are a myriad of everyday average citizens they’ve probably heard from over the years. But ONE liberal crybaby senator gets his panties in a wad and NOW they’re going to change the policy? Again..glad they did it, but fuck Whitmire. I have no use for him..or his wife, who was mayor of Houston for a number o years back in the 80′s
A small step, but I’m glad to see it.
That chicken is making me hungry!
sooo..break out the kettle fryer. then …take a cup of flour, salt and pepper to taste, mix thoroughly. coat chicken in flour mix then toss in a bowl into a fridge for 45 mins. then pull out. fill fryer, heat oil, then put chicken in..fry for about 12-15 mins. chow down
i would rather have KFC cause it pisses off PITA when I do…
‘Bout damn time!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Glad to see this happen.
Personally, I would prefer they be served “losers lunch,” which is bologna on hand.
Yeah, but on whose hand?
(see Muttley, above)
On the DR inmate’s hand, of course. 8)
If he is a prison convert to islam, on his left hand.
@ my friend No2liberals…
I would say water and saltine crackers.
THE CHICKENS HAVE BEEN SAVED!!! haha!!!
Seriously though what is it with DR inmates and chicken, personally I’m a steak girl, maybe that’s just the typical Kiwi in me LOL!!! However, I have been to the US on a number of occasions and your fried chicken is a bit delish!
we often wonder the same thing. I mean come on..2 WHOLE fried chickens? All I can think when I heard that particular order was “dude you are NOT “Joliet Jake” Blues
Well done that Senator about time someone did, and he is so true what last meals were he victim allowed
…and a Coke.
Sorry, the Coke was to accompany the 4 fried chickens. (Sean from Houston)
Operator error!
*grin*
s’alright.
Oops…I thought I commented when I saw this yesterday.
Awesome decision to stop the “special order” last meals !
And from a democrat !
Where’s PETA to protest about the poor chickens being slaughtered so scumbags can have a specially ordered meal ?
A hate crimes act was passed after James Byrd’s murder that I understand has his name on it.
How interesting it would be the execution of the 1st scum to die for killing James Byrd that prompted yet another law to be passed…..no more special last meals.
Brewer….what scum….. wasn’t sorry and said in an interview not long ago that he’d do it again….sub-human.
Gee, I didn’t read anywhere that any of Brewer’s family was there for his execution.
I know I’d have disowned him if he was any relative of mine.
I’m glad that cop killer is Dead, too.
No more special last meals??
Is that kind of common sense even legal any more??
Off topic: Robbie, have you seen/heard this? Anyone here still think the repeal of DADT won’t result in this sort of thing for Christian enlistees? Everytime I think we can’t fall any farther, I’m proven wrong. It sucks to live in “interesting times.” May the fall come soon. http://www.foxnews.com/us/2011/09/22/texas-school-punishes-boy-for-opposing-homosexuality/
OMG! The Teacher is the one that should be facing suspension! If this were MY child I’d have put the fear of God into that asshole Teacher. Why the hell is this teacher bringing Homosexuality into the School to begin with…to grow awareness and acceptance? I guess we all know who the Homo in that school is now! He should be fired! Not due to being Gay but the way he is trying to shove it down everyone’s throat…….
I’d have stuck a potato up his tail pipe and see how far he got…
*thinks about that statement for a second* Get your minds out of the gutters ladies and gents!
Waaaauuuw, now it’s just the rest of the fat ass’s of your nation who need to get restrictions reaching resonable weight
))))
)))))
All our best wishes for Obama to beat your fat ass guvenor Rick the dick and others like him and you
You can’t spell for shit….dumbass…LOL…fuck off thug lover…
gee I wonder where this particular addlepated twat is from? actually in europe? or resident retard? or a new idiot from here in the states?
From Bronx, NY.
Dear DrumUK…………never presume that ‘not one person in the whole of the UK’ would’nt have known what you meant when you ordered your chicken…………there are those of us in the Uk who are interested in what goes on in the world ……….and before you start assuming I am a ‘liberal’……..it doesnt matter whether I agree with you or not…….I am entitled to my opinion, and choose not to give it on here.
It was actually “Not one person in the UK would know what the hell I was talking about” Not wouldn’t! Secondly, it was just a silly gag for the purposes of a cheap laugh! Personally I’m not concerned if you’re a liberal or indeed whether you want to post your opinion here, all I ask of you is to be funny, relevant or interesting and you’re so far none of those.
One other thing. You’re certainly entitled to your opinion, but failing to share it with the group here, suggests to me that you are lacking in any true conviction of what your opinion actually is. Posting on this site for you seems to be wasting everybody’s time!
Awesome.
You actually wrote a post telling readers that you won’t be sharing your opinions on this site.
It doesn’t really matter if you’re a liberal…you’re stupid.
im a euroweenie pmsl……..very interested in the last meals requests……iv’e researched it a little,apparently for the condemned to accept a last meal,it is for the executioners benefit,by accepting the last meal the condemned are actually forgiving their executioner………..lots of white cake with white icing requests aswell,wtf is that all about ?…….most of these people only deserve a knuckle sandwich the murdering scum……..lot’s of bible bashers on here aswell iv’e noticed…….your christian god means nothing to me,and even if there is some truth in it ( which there is not ),then surely he will forgive me……..wish we had the DP in the uk…..let my god ( the earth ) …..bless America and especially the state of Texas.
a strange last meal request i came across was cool whip and cherries…..1st…how about leaving the cool and cherries out and just whipping the bastard…….2nd……..he was denied it as the prison didnt stock it……..the last meal request is just that …a request…..they don’t always get what they want…..tough shit really.
Yeah!!!!!!!!!!!! POS’s don’t deserve it, it is a slap in the face, a waste of tax dollars and good food, some people don’t even have food and they waste it…..