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Last Meal

Last Supper of a Black Widow and More Women of Death Row

By Ty Treadwell

August 30, 2013

Recent surveys show that men and women have different mindsets when it comes to dieting, and apparently, not even death row can erase that disparity between the sexes. Counting calories when you’re also counting down your last days on earth wouldn’t occur to most men, but half the women who have been executed over the…

RIP chocolate covered cookies with skulls

Justice Desserts: Sweets-Only Last Suppers

By Ty Treadwell

September 23, 2011

Who among us hasn’t seen something sweet and gooey on a restaurant menu and thought about skipping the meal and going straight to dessert? The problem is, that type of unhealthy dining would make us feel guilty. But what if we were already guilty? Guilty enough to be sitting on death row, moments away from…

How much fried chicken could you eat for your last meal?

Largest Last Meals: Gluttony IS a Deadly Sin

By Ty Treadwell

August 16, 2011

Impending death can really curb a person’s appetite, but that didn’t stop these death row inmates from ordering enormous last meals.  Were they hungry for one final feast?  Sick of counting calories?  Or did they hope to stall the Grim Reaper by giving him a hernia as he carried them off to the netherworld?  Regardless…

What Would Your Last Meal Be?

By Clare Toohey

May 27, 2011

What could possibly be nefarious about such delicious-looking strawberry cake?  Well, this delight has the dubious distinction of having been chosen by the D.C. Sniper, spree killer John Allen Muhammed, as the dessert of his last meal (entree: chicken with red sauce), as documented by the extremely specific Dead Man Eating blog. One Death Row prisoner in…

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