Just wheel this into the prison, thanks.
The last meal that kicked off the controversy was an epic one. Lawrence Russell Brewer, who was executed on Wednesday after being found guilty of the horrific dragging death of James Byrd Jr. in 1998, must have ordered everything he could think of in an attempt to be too fat to execute. He asked for two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover’s pizza, a pint of ice-cream, and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts. Worst of all, he ate none of it. That was the last straw for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, who ended the practice of giving a final meal to condemned prisoners about to die.
“Effective immediately, no such accommodations will be made,” said Texas DoCJ head Brad Livingston. “They will receive the same meal served to other offenders on the unit.”
By cutting the last meal, the Department of Criminal Justice will be avoiding an inquiry into their practices by Senator John Whitmire and the Texas state legislature. While other states limit the value of a prisoner’s last meal, Texas allowed them to continue making a final statement with their last food order, be it a smorgasbord or a pile of dirt.
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