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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.
This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 28 February 2025. German anti-Nazi resistance fighter, member of the White Rose (1921–1943) For the 2005 German film, see Sophie Scholl – The Final Days. See also: Hans and Sophie Scholl Sophie Scholl Scholl in 1942 Born Sophia Magdalena Scholl (1921-05-09) 9 May 1921 Forchtenberg, Weimar Republic ...
Both Eastern and Western cultural traditions ascribe special significance to words uttered at or near death, [4] but the form and content of reported last words may depend on cultural context. There is a tradition in Hindu and Buddhist cultures of an expectation of a meaningful farewell statement; Zen monks by long custom are expected to ...
Karla Faye Tucker (November 18, 1959 – February 3, 1998) was an American woman sentenced to death for killing two people with a pickaxe during a burglary. [2] She was the first woman to be executed in the United States since Velma Barfield in 1984 in North Carolina, and the first in Texas since Chipita Rodriguez in 1863. [3]
The Fifth day of Peace, Italian title: Gott mit uns (written in German), is an Italo-Yugoslavian war film from 1970 about the 13 May 1945 German deserter execution in a Canadian-run POW camp in Amsterdam.
The division's judge advocate, Lieutenant Colonel Henry Sommer, offered Slovik a third and final opportunity to rejoin his unit in exchange for the charges against him being dropped. He also offered to transfer Slovik to a different infantry regiment in the division where no one would know of his past and he could start with a "clean slate".
For his last meal, Feguer requested a single olive with the pit still in it. [4] He told guards he hoped an olive tree would sprout from his grave "as a sign of peace". [4] On March 14, 1963, Feguer sat in an all-night vigil with a Roman Catholic priest. Between 4 and 5 in the morning of March 15, Feguer was given a new suit for his execution.
— John B. Nixon, American convicted murderer (14 December 2005), right before being executed "My last words will be 'Hoka Hey, it's a good day to die.' Thank you very much. I love you all. Goodbye." [10] [68] — Clarence Ray Allen, American criminal (17 January 2006); statement written prior to execution by lethal injection