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Last Meals

Judging from the list provided by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice, most condemned prisoners crave chocolate.

PETA wrote to Timothy McVeigh's warden, insisting that his last meal be meat-free. The protest turned out to be irrelevant, since McVeigh's request was for a quart of ice cream.

Timeline

`21 Apr 1992`	Robert Alton Harris California	a 6 pack of Pepsi Cola, two large pizzas, 21 pieces of KFC chicken.
`10 May 1994`	John Wayne Gacy Illinois	a dozen deep-fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe chicken from KFC, french fries, a pound of strawberries
`1994`	Richard Beavers Texas	six pieces of french toast with butter and syrup, six barbecued spare ribs, six "well-burnt" pieces of bacon, four scrambled eggs, five "well-cooked" sausage patties, french fries with ketchup, three slices of cheese, two pieces of yellow cake with chocolate fudge icing, four cartons of milk
`20 Mar 1995`	Thomas J. Grasso Oklahoma	before getting the needle, makes a statement: "I did not get my Spaghetti-O's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know this."
`23 Feb 1996`	William G Bonin California	two pepperoni and sausage pizzas, three servings of coffee ice cream, fifteen cans of Coca-Cola
`10 Aug 1999`	Kenneth Dunn Texas	beef fajitas, stir-fry beef, three eggs, six cinnamon rolls, one pecan pie, one cherry pie, diet cream soda
`11 Aug 1999`	James Earhart Texas	steak, french fries, vanilla milkshake
`18 Aug 1999`	Joe Trevino Texas	fried chicken, salad dressing with Italian dressing, raw carrots and cucumbers, watermelon, strawberry milkshake
`1 Sep 1999`	Lonnie Weeks Jr. unknown	oven-fried chicken, rice pilaf, cucumber and onion salad, bread and margarine
`1 Sep 1999`	David Leisure Missouri	steak, baked potato, salad, apple pie with vanilla ice cream
`8 Sep 1999`	Mark Gardner Arkansas	fried shrimp, grilled salmon, garden salad, chocolate cake, Coke
`8 Sep 1999`	Alan Willett Arkansas	beef jerky, barbecue-flavored potato chips, onion dip, garlic dip, buttered popcorn, Pepsi
`14 Sep 1999`	William Prince Davis Texas	fried chicken, bowl of chili w/cheese, 5 rolls, 2 packages of BBQ chips, a six pack of Coke
`13 Mar 2002`	Tracy Housel Georgia	steak, baked potato, corn, salad, milkshake, ice cream
`10 Jun 2001`	Timothy McVeigh Indiana	two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream
`10 Dec 2002`	Desmond Keith Carter North Carolina	two cheeseburgers, steak sub, two Cokes
`26 Feb 2003`	Amos King Florida	Requested Thai food, but was denied because he had previously been served three "last" meals and eaten two of them.
`22 Jul 2003`	Brian Toles Oklahoma	four fried chicken breasts, mashed potatoes and gravy, two foot-long chili cheese dogs, chili cheese fries, three Bama pecan pies, cream soda
`22 Jul 2003`	Bobby Wayne Swisher Virginia	hot dog with mustard and onions, oven-browned potatoes, cole slaw, watermelon
`23 Jul 2003`	Cedric Ransom Texas	declined a last meal
`24 Jul 2003`	Jackie Lee Willingham Oklahoma	small deep-dish pepperoni pizza, fettuccine alfredo and breadsticks, two Peppermint Patties
`24 Jul 2003`	Allen Janecka Texas	rolls and butter, salad with bleu cheese dressing, chicken fried steak and gravy, french fries and ketchup, iced tea, soda
`29 Jul 2003`	Harold Lloyd McElmurry Oklahoma	canadian bacon pizza, pint of chicken livers, cottage cheese, one raw white onion
`7 Aug 2003`	Tommy Jerry Fortenberry Alabama	vending machine snacks
`22 Aug 2003`	William Quentin Jones North Carolina	tossed salad with shredded carrots, cheese, and thousand island dressing, Coke
`3 Sep 2003`	Paul Hill Florida	salad, steak, broccoli with hollandaise sauce, orange sherbet, iced tea
`10 Sep 2003`	Larry Hayes Texas	two bacon cheeseburgers, french fries, onion rings, cole slaw, fried okra, pint of rocky road ice cream, milk, Diet Coke
`12 Sep 2003`	Henry Lee Hunt North Carolina	medium Domino's pizza with pepperoni, hamburger, canadian bacon, sausage, onions, mushrooms, and green peppers, Coke
`26 Sep 2003`	Joseph Earl Bates North Carolina	fried pork chops, french fries, hush puppies, apple pie, Pepsi, Dr. Pepper
`3 Oct 2003`	Edward Hartman North Carolina	Greek salad, linguini with white clam sauce, garlic bread, cheesecake with cherry topping, Coke
`9 Oct 2003`	David Larry Nelson Alabama	fried bologna sandwich with lettuce and tomato, french fries, Sprite
`1 Jul 2004`	Robert Karl Hicks Georgia	fish, shrimp, french fries, coleslaw, crescent rolls, chocolate cake, a vanilla milkshake, a soda
`25 Oct 2006`	Daniel "Danny" Harold Rolling Florida	lobster, shrimp, strawberry cheesecake

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