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Texas Bans Special Last Meals

October 1, 2011 by Michael Cooke

Texas inmates, facing execution, will no longer receive special last meals after complaints by a state senator regarding the extensive requests from a man involved in an infamous dragging death.
Sen. John Whitmire said he wanted to end the “ridiculous and inappropriate” practice or he would seek a state statute banning it. Prisons director Brad Livingston agreed and said the practice was ending immediately. He said condemned inmates will get the same meal as other offenders, according to AP sources.
The final meal request from Lawrence Russell Brewer, who was executed in September for the notorious hate crime slaying of James Byrd Jr., included two chicken fried steaks, a bacon cheeseburger, a pound of barbecue, a pint of ice cream, a pizza, and fudge. Prison officials said Brewer did not eat any of it.

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