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Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
Hall was the second blind prisoner to be executed for murder since the 1976 resumption of capital punishment in the U.S., and 13 years before him, convicted killer Clarence Ray Allen, who was put to death in California in 2006, was the first blind inmate on death row to be executed.
Prior to his scheduled execution, West was given the chance to select whichever execution method he preferred to die with. Under Tennessee state law, prisoners sentenced to death before 1999 were allowed to choose between the default method of lethal injection or the alternative method of electrocution via the electric chair. However, by July ...
Christopher Collings was executed for the rape and murder of a 9-year-old girl. AP Collings’ last meal was reportedly a bacon cheeseburger, breaded mushrooms, tater tots and a chef salad.
An Alabama death row inmate was executed Thursday evening by nitrogen gas, but not before a Tex-Mex-style last meal and a profane rant directed at the execution staff. Carey Dale Grayson had been ...
After Yancy's death, Joiner said he and the church helped his family navigate the tragedy. "The shock of all of that and the violence of it was hard for them, especially to hear about and to ...
He was sent to death row at Florida State Prison near the town of Starke in 1982. Medina's last words before being executed on March 25, 1997, were, "I am still innocent." Medina's last words before being executed on March 25, 1997, were, "I am still innocent."
Smith was originally scheduled for execution on May 11, 1988. He was quoted as saying, "Life is a temporary situation. The spirit moves on. Death is like eating a prune in the morning. It's a natural function." The day before his scheduled execution, Smith requested a last meal of rhaeakunda dirt.