{"id":9589,"date":"2013-05-06T23:02:03","date_gmt":"2013-05-07T07:02:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.godammit.com\/?p=9589"},"modified":"2013-05-07T12:43:23","modified_gmt":"2013-05-07T20:43:23","slug":"the-last-meal","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/godammit.com\/the-last-meal\/","title":{"rendered":"The Last Meal"},"content":{"rendered":"

Photographer\u00a0 Henry Hargreaves<\/a> has recreated the last meals requested by some notorious killers in a project called No Seconds<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0Looking at the photos, it’s hard not to form conclusions about each meal and the man who chose it. The meal above, for example, increased my\u00a0disdain\u00a0for John Wayne Gacy<\/strong>: “What a pig,” I thought.<\/p>\n

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Timothy McVeigh<\/strong>, on the other hand, limited himself to his favorite ice cream. Clearly, he was more focused and less self-indulgent.<\/p>\n

$\"Feguer$ <\/a><\/p>\n

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Look at what Victor Feguer<\/strong> asked for. What a cunt. Or maybe he was being a smart-ass. I can’t decide. I ‘d like to have told him ‘No way, buddy. You’ll eat a pitted olive or nothing at all.’<\/p>\n

My reactions probably say more about me than the meals say about the convicts. That’s why this is art.<\/p>\n

Here’s more to think about:<\/p>\n

In\u00a0Louisiana, the\u00a0prison warden\u00a0traditionally joins the condemned prisoner for the last meal.<\/p>\n

In September 2011, the state of Texas abolished all special last-meal requests after prisoner\u00a0Lawrence Russell Brewer<\/strong>\u00a0requested a huge last meal and didn’t eat any of it, saying he wasn’t hungry. His last-meal request was for two\u00a0chicken-fried steaks<\/a>\u00a0with gravy; a triple-patty bacon cheeseburger; a cheese\u00a0omelet\u00a0with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and\u00a0jalapenos; a bowl of fried\u00a0okra\u00a0with ketchup; one pound of barbecued meat\u00a0<\/span>with half a loaf of white bread; three\u00a0fajitas; a\u00a0 meat-lover\u2019s pizza<\/a>; one\u00a0pint\u00a0of\u00a0Blue Bell\u00a0Ice Cream; a slab of\u00a0peanut-butter\u00a0fudge\u00a0with crushed peanuts; and three\u00a0root beers. The abolition followed a complaint by Texas Senator\u00a0John Whitmire,\u00a0who called the meal “inappropriate.” \u00a0(Thanks Lawrence Russell Brewer, for ruining things for everybody else!)^{<\/sup><\/p>\n}

You can read more about last meals here<\/a>. \u00a0If I end up on Death Row, I plan to ask for a Fatburger<\/a> with fat fries and a vanilla milkshake.<\/p>\n

Feel free to place your order or rant about the death penalty.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"