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Is this the saddest last meal ever? Death row murderer opts for tuna salad and potatoes
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Last meal: Clarence Carter, 49, went for tuna salad, wheat bread, oven-browned potatoes, turnip greens and an orange
It’s a death row inmate's last privilege and he could have had whatever he wanted.
But Clarence Carter, 49, was executed today after having a simple last meal of tuna salad, wheat bread, oven-browned potatoes, turnip greens, an orange and a drink.
Other inmates in the past have asked for last meals such as a bucket of chicken, lobster, fry-ups, ice-cream and steak - but Carter wanted the same as his fellow prisoners in an Ohio jail.
Death row inmates in the U.S. may traditionally request a last meal before they die.
Before being executed in 1990 for a robbery-murder in Houston, James Smith asked for a last meal of dirt, apparently for a voodoo ritual. He eventually settled for yoghurt.
Robert Harris, executed for murder in California in 1992, had a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, two large pizzas, a six-pack of Pepsi, jelly beans and Camel cigarettes.
Serial killer Ted Bundy declined a last meal, so was offered the traditional steak, eggs, hash browns, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter and jelly before his execution in 1989.
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Teresa Lewis, the first woman executed in Virginia in nearly 100 years, had fried chicken, sweet peas with butter, German chocolate cake and Dr Pepper in 2010.
Other famous meals: Robert Harris had a KFC bucket, two large pizzas, a six-pack of Pepsi, jelly beans and Camel cigarettes - whereas Theresa Lewis, right, went for fried chicken, sweet peas with butter, German chocolate cake and Dr Pepper
Carter did request and was given dates, but wanted the same meal as other inmates.
SIX OF THE BEST: Famous last meals on death row
GARY GILMORE (1977): Hamburgers, eggs, potatoes, coffee and whisky
HENRY PORTER (1985): Tortillas, steak, beans, tossed salad, jalapeno peppers, ice cream and chocolate cake
TED BUNDY (1989): Steak, eggs, toast, milk, coffee, juice, butter, jelly and hash browns
JAMES SMITH (1990): Yoghurt [after asking for dirt]
ROBERT HARRIS (1992): Chicken bucket, two large pizzas, Pepsi six-pack, jelly beans and Camel cigarettes
TERESA LEWIS (2010): Fried chicken, sweet peas and German chocolate cake
He was executed by lethal injection in Lucasville, Ohio, this morning for killing Johnny Allen Junior, 33.
Allen died two weeks after a December 1988 beating in jail.
Carter punched, choked, kicked and stomped on the former U.S. Army soldier for half an hour and stopped periodically to mop blood off his shoes.
The beating was over the changing of a TV channel while Carter was in jail awaiting sentencing for the aggravated murder of fellow drug trafficker Michael Hadnot.
He spent Monday visiting with his brother, lawyers and two imams, praying and reading the Koran.
Carter also shaved his head and face, took a nap and wrote five letters.
He said he was ‘doing good, happy and smiling’ but declined breakfast on Tuesday.
Carter had been scheduled for execution in 2007.
But he was spared by a lawsuit pending at the time that challenged the lethal injection
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"Robert Harris, executed for murder in California in 1992, had a bucket of Kentucky Fried Chicken, two large pizzas, a six-pack of Pepsi, jelly beans and Camel cigarettes." that's what i'm talking about! :joker:
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