Posted on 07/09/2018 7:51:28 AM PDT by Simon Green
A man in Georgia set to be executed Tuesday requested some seriously high-calorie food for his last meal.
Keith Tharpe — who was sentenced to death in 1991 for the murder of Jacquelin Freeman — requested three spicy chicken breasts, a roast beef sandwich with sauce, a fish sandwich, tater logs, onion rings, apple pie and a vanilla milkshake, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Not every state honors inmates’ last meal requests. Some limit the cost — Florida’s ceiling is $40, according to the Department of Corrections website, with food to be purchased locally. Others, like Texas, which never had a designated dollar limit, mandate meals be prison-made. Some states don’t acknowledge final meals, and others will disclose the information only if the inmate agrees, said K. William Hayes, a Florida-based death penalty historian.
There is one thing prisoners will never be allowed as part of their last meal: alcohol, which was requested in 2015 by inmate Marcus Ray Johnson, who wanted a six-pack of beer, the Atlanta Journal-Constitution reports.
In Georgia, if an inmate makes no special request for his last meal, they are given the standard menu of chicken and rice, rutabagas, seasoned turnip greens, dry white beans, cornbread, bread pudding and fruit punch, according to the Georgia Department of Corrections.
Last meal requests from well-known prisoners have become somewhat famous. In 1994, John Wayne Gacy requested 12 fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe KFC, French fries and a pound of strawberries. In 1963, Victor Feguer requested a single olive with the pit in it, according to Business Insider.
FU. You get one saltine and a glass of water!
I don’t think his meal request seems “extravagant”. Maybe a lot of food, but nothing is fancy.
The default menu they listed seems to be a bit racist, IMHO.
” rutabagas, seasoned turnip greens, dry white beans, cornbread, bread pudding and fruit punch,”
A meal to die for.
Amazing that anyone is able to eat under the circumstances.
What’s a Cannibal’s last meal request?
Warden Weenies.
So many calories from fat could result in serious health consequences.
Did their victims get a last Anything? No. So nutraloaf is good enough for the condemned.
That was my understandimg-that in most states, they can make these extravagant requests, but they don’t usually receive them. A fine meal would be the last thing on my mind if I was being executed. I’d request a few valiums.
Imagine the sodium content. He’ll pay for that later
Adolf Eichmann’s last meal was half a bottle of dry red wine (Carmel, an Israeli variety). I suppose today alcohol might interfere with the euthanasia drug being used.
It seems more “southern” than black. A lot of it seems Appalachian, where the black influence isn’t so strong.
From someone who lives in a state that hasn’t executed anyone since the 1850s
DRY white Beans?
You’ll get nothing and like it.
Sounds like solid regional fare to me.
"But, but...I ordered three spicy chicken breasts, a roast beef sandwich with sauce, a fish sandwich, tater logs, onion rings, apple pie and a vanilla milkshake!""
"Potato, potahto."
He’s hoping it will give him a heart attack......................cheat the hangman...............
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