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Death Row Last Meal Requests in Texas

zombie-popcorn.com — There are things that are only understood by Texans and these things are held to be equal to the word of God. For example, Dr. Pepper, Texans have some addition to Dr. Pepper and chicken fried steak with cream gravy. Keep that in mind while reading this, 10 last meal requests for people on Texas' death row.

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  • bruins72, on 12/01/2008, -0/+22Years ago I had a link to some website from the state of Texas' department of corrections or something like that and it had tons of last meal requests. Some tried to put on cigarettes or booze but those weren't allowed. Some of them were obviously trying to make a real mess for whoever had to clean them up after their execution.
  • chrismakk69, on 12/01/2008, -1/+15That's pretty interesting. I would probably go for a jackson hole cheeseburger, white castle mozzarella sticks, slice of pizza from rays and a vanilla mr softee milk shake.
    • BoonTobias, on 12/01/2008, -2/+9no white castle jalapeño cheese burgers??????????
      you deserve to die!
      • slvrbullet87, on 12/01/2008, -0/+4Half of the people on that list asked for jalapenos i think there is something in them that drives people crazy
    • TomT223, on 12/01/2008, -1/+3Your only allowed to order what they carry in the kitchen. You can ask for a filet mignon but you will end up with sirloin at best. They don't bring in outside products.
    • diemunkiesdie, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1From what I understand, they give you a menu with all the stuff you can order.
  • mreade, on 12/01/2008, -0/+14Most of that would have made a fair old mess to clean up!
  • Agentdvd, on 12/01/2008, -0/+31Now that's product placement.
  • doiveo, on 12/01/2008, -1/+20Should go with beef wellington. Takes a day to prepare so it buys you an extra 24hrs for the phone to ring.
    • nickceleb, on 12/01/2008, -1/+3Nice.
    • AmyVernon, on 12/01/2008, -0/+10@doiveo, yeah, but I'm thinking they'll get some pre-made beef wellington. Just thinkin'.
    • jiqiren, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8You really think they would ask you 10mins before execution what you want to eat? You probably have to give your menu choice a week or at least a couple of days in advance.
    • picciano, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7They'll just eat it after you're gone...and you'll go to dead hungry.
    • archer104, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7My plan is to order a chocolate covered gun.
  • Hetman, on 12/01/2008, -0/+23I can understand the guy who did not want to eat anything. It is like damn I am leaving this world in the next 24 hours. Who cares about food I need a pardon.
    • RavynX, on 12/01/2008, -13/+0Exactly, why bother honoring a "last meal" to someone on death row...
    • Matsky, on 12/01/2008, -0/+4I'd really not like to die on a full stomach. I've read you kinda lose control of your bodily functions once you cark it, so I don't wanna be all loaded up and ready to blow. Something light would do.
      • davewashere, on 12/01/2008, -2/+5If I were wrongfully convicted, I'd make sure I was on the brink of explosion before they put me in the chamber. It would serve those sadistic f*cks who put me in there right to have to clean up a mess like that.
      • Icyfenix, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Yea, we don't use the electric chair anymore. Chemicals make it happen fast, like going to sleep, or being put under for surgery. No pain(anymore, I do admit this was long overdue however)
      • asnider, on 12/01/2008, -0/+3Icyfenix - Have you read descriptions of people executed by lethal injection? It's not painless, not all the time, at least. Some people go into convulsions and appear to experience immense pain before the drugs finally kill them.
      • sexybobo, on 12/01/2008, -2/+1asnider - good it is next to impossible to be put to death any more and the people that do usually die for horrible crimes.
      • binaryspiral, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2Sadly enough the pain that they experience doesn't really make the victim feel better... but it does make the jury feel better.
  • awtripp, on 12/01/2008, -1/+34I hear your chicken fried steak and Dr. Pepper special is to die for.
  • Jeremyz0r, on 12/01/2008, -0/+41Mirror! (text only)
    http://64.233.169.132/search?q=cache:7b8Ue5MWVRgJ: ...
  • thundercloud39, on 12/01/2008, -0/+37Looks like their server just got executed.
    • Narcism, on 12/01/2008, -4/+4ahhh, because prisoners get executed.
      /saw what you did there
    • IphtashuFitz, on 12/01/2008, -2/+4I wonder if the server requested a last meal before its death sentence...
      • thundercloud39, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6Probably consists of eating a backup tape.
    • heresy_fnord, on 12/01/2008, -1/+1I see what you did there.
  • kdark1701, on 12/01/2008, -2/+9Google Cache!

    http://74.125.95.132/search?q=cache:7b8Ue5MWVRgJ:w ...
  • Slothapotamus, on 12/01/2008, -9/+2115 Diggs and the site is dead already?
    • UltX, on 12/01/2008, -0/+7Yeah, I wonder what it had for its last meal?
  • diggB, on 12/01/2008, -0/+13Dr. Pepper --- Drink it slow.
  • achilles3, on 12/01/2008, -0/+3Who still has the stomach for food when the thought of death is lingering in the head?
    • nesstheking1, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8They weren't all there to begin with.
    • TomT223, on 12/01/2008, -0/+3They had the stomach to kill somebody. Eating shouln't be a problem.
    • wilf_brim, on 12/03/2008, -0/+1Sociopaths.
  • BrewmasterC, on 12/01/2008, -3/+8Socrates wants hemlock punch.

    (Although it is sad how vicious the Texas DAs are about death penalty cases. I bet their error rate is > 1%)
  • Regulator980, on 12/01/2008, -1/+2Hm, that's one "zombie" that didn't come back from the dead...
  • Ode2no1fan, on 12/01/2008, -0/+9Gotta say that's one stereotype that is accurate. I'm from Texas and I drink Dr.Pepper daily and eat chicken fried steak at least once a week.
  • derekmas10, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6I'll have the number 6...
  • DigitusAnonymus, on 12/01/2008, -1/+56If MacGyver was on Texas death row he would request as his last meal a chocolate flavored paperclip... 10 hours later he's in Italy eating a pizza.
  • koft2, on 12/01/2008, -2/+3What, no Big Red? wth
  • GVR90, on 12/01/2008, -0/+12http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Last_meal
  • moxysports, on 12/01/2008, -2/+16I would simply request an All-You-Can-Eat Chinese Buffet. If they stick to their word, I will be there for weeks. Homer Simpson nearly did it with shrimp.
    • ignacious, on 12/01/2008, -2/+4yeah, I saw that too, on Chocolate News.
      • chanop, on 12/01/2008, -1/+9Why the ***** were you guys watching that ***** show?
      • mitchlourens, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1It was on Da Ali G show first.
  • spidermanspants, on 12/01/2008, -0/+20sign me up for some blowfish
    • hereisjohnny, on 12/01/2008, -0/+4You know, if prepared incorrectly this can ki...
      Oh... Never mind.
  • GBRob08, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2If the service don't kill ya the food will...
  • Tanktunker, on 12/01/2008, -2/+5List of Final Meal Requests
    http://dilbert.homelinux.org:8081/linuxkungfu/fina ...
    • katana346, on 12/01/2008, -0/+3"Asked that final meal be provided to a homeless person"

      I wonder if that ever actually happened.
    • andrewlotta, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Desmond Keith Carter: He declined a special meal, but had two cheeseburgers, a steak sub, and two Cokes from the prison canteen, for which he paid $4.20 from his prison account.

      They charged him for his last meal.
  • chrissku, on 12/01/2008, -0/+6Something about the thought of 50,000 volts going through me in 24 hrs would cause me to lose my appetite.
    • BoonTobias, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2one rubber sandwich coming right up
    • diemunkiesdie, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1It's a good thing they use lethal injection now! If anything, when you hear your going to get a needle stuck in your arm, your going to want some comfort food! Oh and being killed probably sucks too. But needles, YOW!
  • koft2, on 12/01/2008, -0/+19What's really ***** up is they'll let 'em have 200 dollars worth of food when most would probably be happy with 10 dollars worth of beer and a 4 dollar pack of cigarettes. Why not let a guy you're about to execute have a smoke, seriously.
    • Hetman, on 12/01/2008, -1/+13I agree with the cigarette and beer. It is like damn even in World Wars you always see people getting a cigarette before they are executed. I dunno if it is true but it seems like a nice thing to do.
    • diggdong, on 12/01/2008, -1/+6***** them. you think they gave their victims a last smoke and meal.
    • Hetman, on 12/01/2008, -1/+2I though Jesus taught to turn the other check, and to practice forgivness.
  • Wangarang, on 12/01/2008, -2/+13Nobody ever believes me when I say this, but supposedly they drug the last meal to make the inmates more docile.
    • Jeremyz0r, on 12/01/2008, -0/+15You wouldn't want a tranquilizer before you were to be executed?
      • Jarasmen, on 12/01/2008, -2/+2No, maybe I'd get a chance to take out one or two before they took me down.
    • FeloniusMonkey, on 12/01/2008, -0/+19Just a hunch, but maybe it's because you always include "supposedly" when you say it.
    • Chemixst, on 12/01/2008, -4/+2They give prisoners fluoridated water to make them docile and stupid
      • sexybobo, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2The florid is mind control not a tranquilizer.
  • MeatMountain, on 12/01/2008, -2/+14I'd ask to eat a cat and a dog. Just to see what they taste like, I've always been curious.
  • sinisterouge, on 12/01/2008, -1/+12You have an addition? Don't you mean an addiction?
  • hijohnmark, on 12/01/2008, -2/+5It'd be nice if the person writing this article knew how to spell "addiction."
  • Mysticcal, on 12/01/2008, -1/+7can you ask to eat the remains of whomever you killed? you know, to finish the cycle?
  • tmjdisorder, on 12/01/2008, -0/+5What, no cyanide?
  • freezerburn666, on 12/01/2008, -2/+4so much dr. pepper? is it the soft drink of choice for criminals?
    • sexybobo, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1It contains prune juice they might just want to be lubricated for when they die. Or it might be because it is in texas where Dr. Pepper is really popular.
    • diemunkiesdie, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Dr. Pepper is amazing! As a non-criminal I can attest to that!
    • whoreable, on 12/02/2008, -0/+1Dr. Pepper makes me fart...really smelly farts. I love it.
  • tptman, on 12/01/2008, -2/+2Man, those guys have quite an appetite - some of those requests look like enough food to feed a family of eight and have leftovers!
  • jynweythek, on 12/01/2008, -0/+8oh god this article gave me violent munchies
  • maleficdog, on 12/01/2008, -1/+6So basically if you like Dr. Pepper you most likely are a serial killer. Good to know.
    • Unzorn, on 12/01/2008, -3/+1Yea, I hear most serial killers eat bread too.
    • oger, on 12/01/2008, -0/+0who called them serial killer. do you even know what a serial killer is. you need to say if you like dr. pepper your a killer.
  • dyvvyd, on 12/01/2008, -2/+2How is this a top 10 list? These all look like single requests.
    • mishabear, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2mine doesn't say TOP 10. Just "10 things..."
      • dyvvyd, on 12/01/2008, -0/+0The page that the posting is about is entitled "Top 10 Death Row Last Meal Requests".

        Did you read it or do you jump straight to the comments?
  • mk2ja, on 12/01/2008, -0/+2Dangit, now I'm hungry.
  • joshkerr, on 12/01/2008, -0/+5People in Texas like their Dr. Pepper.
    • ether3a1, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1I was born here in Texas, but raised up north in Indiana and Ohio and Pennsylvania. I've always liked Dr Pepper, but I didn't realize how big of a deal it was once I moved back to Austin, TX. Holy *****. It's all anyone ever drinks around here. I've noticed that I pretty much don't buy anything else though, except Coke. So, Coke and Dr Pepper.

      Dear body,
      Please forgive me.
  • NeoHomer, on 12/01/2008, -7/+5They are there to be disposed of due to hideous crimes... Let 'em starve and kill them all now. They deserve nothing but death.
    Give the food to someone who isn't a criminal and could actually use a free meal.
    • theradical, on 12/01/2008, -3/+1i'm not sure why people are digging you down. presumably the people in charge of execution agree with capital punishment, so why are they teasing these criminals with good expensive food?
    • Levinoss, on 12/01/2008, -1/+1The reason why they give them a last meal is so they are not haunted after he is executed. It is a old superstition that has lasted a long time.
  • mrshare, on 12/01/2008, -5/+5With all the friend chicken and ribs, I think we know what type of people are being executed.
    • sfhock, on 12/01/2008, -1/+8KFC employees?
    • mishabear, on 12/01/2008, -1/+4ya, you obviously racist moron, people who like fried chicken and ribs.
    • theradical, on 12/01/2008, -1/+4yeah, HUNGRY people.
  • WaCkYmAk, on 12/01/2008, -1/+1http://deadmaneating.blogspot.com/
    • strictnein, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Interesting blog. Lists the meals and their final statements.
      edit:
      Greatest last words ever?
      "Tell my family and friends I love them, tell the governor he just lost my vote. Y'all hurry this along, I'm dying to get out of here."
  • mkmega, on 12/01/2008, -0/+3What, no pan seared foie gras?

  • Rizzen, on 12/01/2008, -3/+1Dammit, one year off. My birthday is 2/23/89.
  • rmad1949, on 12/01/2008, -0/+0Interesting list, but they were all thrown in the garbage can. Your last meal is a request of anything on the menu that the prison is serving that day. You can ask for a double helping, maybe a triple, but beyond that you are out of choices.
    • sexybobo, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1It is anything the prison serves not what is on the menu today.
    • oger, on 12/01/2008, -0/+0well now a days you can't ask for a last meal like this but a few year back you could of.
    • MAARRS, on 12/01/2008, -0/+1Depends on the prison. many prison systems allow purchased foods if a family member will pay for it. But Rmad is right in general. NO prison kitchen is whipping up fine dinner for an inmate.
  • TomT223, on 12/01/2008, -0/+0THE DOCTOR IS IN!
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