Last Suppers
What they ate before they were executed.
When Arkansas executed Rickey Ray Rector back when Bill Clinton was governor, the mentally impaired inmate famously set aside half of his last meal—a pecan pie—for after the execution. Since 1976, 879 people have been executed in the United States, 82 percent in the South, 399 in Texas and Virginia alone. Prisoners are generally allowed to choose a last meal, though requests for tobacco products and even chewing gum can be denied, as with Larry Wayne White's lone cigarette. In an ongoing project, photographer Celia A. Shapiro has reconstructed such last requests. Each picture has its own back story—Ricky Lee Sanderson eschewed his last meal in protest but eventually ate a HoneyBun—and overall, her photos better illustrate who we execute than any grim statistical profile ever could.
So many interesting topics
So many interesting topics could come out of this photo essay. Having just came from articles on food elsewhere on MoJo, the first thing that grabs my attention is how unhealthy most of these meals are. Yes, it was their last meal, but the point I am getting at is that most of the executed seemingly had a poor education in food. Had they been better informed of healthier food earlier in their lives, would things have turned out differently. Partly joking, partly serious.
Last Suppers
And, the really interesting thing is that the cause of death on the coroners report for a state sanctioned execution is, and has been listed as "Homocide". Yet the prisons are maxed out. We need to revisit the deterrent thing.
really?
this is a great photo essay. hey anon - 16 may - isn't that rather judgemental and high and mighty of you to say about healthy last meals? me - raised by 4 phd's (one in foods and nutrition and 2 of which are now chinese medicine practitioners) and i'm on the cusp of getting my own phd... my last supper? oh probably enchiladas (or a gyro), fries, and a few pieces of pecan pie w/ vanilla ice cream on top. YUMM. i <3 quinoa & veggies & tofu and all that good stuff, but really - there's just something comforting about all that fat.
Anon 16 May, It's their
Anon 16 May,
It's their friggin' LAST MEAL, for chrissake!
i'm glad to hear that at
i'm glad to hear that at least the electric chair, gas chamber, etc. don't exercise a 'no fatties' policy...
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