{"id":850,"date":"2008-05-07T20:20:44","date_gmt":"2008-05-08T04:20:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=850"},"modified":"2008-05-07T20:22:07","modified_gmt":"2008-05-08T04:22:07","slug":"a-killer-with-good-taste","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/a-killer-with-good-taste\/","title":{"rendered":"A Killer With Good Taste"},"content":{"rendered":"

William Earl Lynd<\/a>, 53, was put to death at Jackson state prison in Georgia late on Tuesday after a final meal of two pepper jack barbecue burgers with crispy onions, baked potatoes with sour cream, bacon and cheese, and a large strawberry milkshake.<\/p>\n

I reported this news to my kid, who thought for a moment and said admiringly “He had good taste.” It’s the kind of meal a teenager wants, even when he’s in his room and not on Death Row.<\/p>\n

Don’t feel too bad for Mr. Lynd. He admitted that after shooting his girlfriend and putting her in the trunk, he “heard her thumping around” and then opened the trunk to blast her in the head one more time.<\/p>\n

R.I.P., William Lynd. At least you got your burgers!<\/p>\n

On a lighter note, six years ago at Louisiana State Penitentiary in Angola, Leslie Martin<\/a> was executed by lethal injection…. “Much himself even during his final moments, a sort of death row class clown, he told his lawyer ‘You’re fired,’ just after he received the fatal dose.”<\/p>\n

I hope to go out like Mr. Martin, although I don’t like the sound of his last meal: crawfish stew, oatmeal cookies and chocolate milk. This is the type of thing we often talk about in my family. One member has already put in an order for egg rolls.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"