The video features a countdown of the 20 most unusual last meal requests made by death row prisoners. Some inmates opted for simple meals, while others chose elaborate feasts. The requests included a single olive with the pit, a bag of Jolly Ranchers, a massive feast with multiple dishes, a cup of black coffee, a pint of mint chocolate chip ice cream, and even a lump of soil. Some prisoners refused to eat their last meals, and one even donated his meal to a homeless person. The video showcases the diverse and often surprising choices made by death row inmates for their final meals.
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1. In some states in America and other countries, prisoners on death row are granted the opportunity to select any food and drink of their choice within certain regulations on the eve of their execution.
2. Victor Harry Feguer, a 28-year-old man, was sentenced to death by hanging in 1963 for convicted kidnapped murder.
3. Feguer's last meal request was a single olive with the pit left in.
4. After his execution, the olive pit was found inside Feguer's suit pocket.
5. Gerald Lee Mitchell's last meal request was an assorted bag of Jolly Ranchers Candy.
6. Lawrence Russel Brewer, a convicted killer and white supremacist, requested an enormous feast for his last meal in 2011.
7. Brewer's feast included two fried chicken steaks, a triple bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet, three fajitas, a meat feast pizza, and more.
8. Brewer refused to eat his last meal, claiming he wasn't hungry.
9. Texas Senator John Whitmire banned the last meal request in the state after Brewer's refusal to eat.
10. John Wayne Gacy, a serial killer, ordered 12 fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe KFC, and a pound of strawberries for his last meal.
11. Gacy managed three KFC restaurants in his home city of Waterloo before his conviction.
12. John Spenkelink, a heavy drinker, requested a single flask of Jack Daniels for his last meal.
13. Spenkelink shared his Jack Daniels with the prison superintendent.
14. The state of Florida revised its last meal provisions to exclude alcohol after Spenkelink's execution.
15. Aileen Wuornos requested a single cup of black coffee for her last meal.
16. Wuornos was executed in 2002 and had far crazier motivations for her last meal request.
17. Ricky Ray Rector's last meal request included steak, fried chicken, and cherry Kool-Aid.
18. Rector left his dessert, a slice of pecan pie, untouched, saying he was saving it for later.
19. Timothy McVeigh ordered two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream for his last meal.
20. McVeigh was executed in 2001 for his role in the Oklahoma City bombing.
21. David Leon Woods spent 22 years on death row before he was executed in 2007.
22. Woods' last meal request included a standard pizza and an entire birthday cake.
23. Thomas J. Grasso ordered a plethora of foods, including two dozen steamed clams and half a dozen barbecued ribs, for his last meal.
24. Grasso's final words were, "I did not get my Spaghettios. I got spaghetti."
25. Stephen Wayne Anderson's last meal request included two grilled cheese sandwiches, a pint of cottage cheese, and a big helping of radishes.
26. Peter J. Miniel's last meal request included 20 beef tacos, 20 beef enchiladas, two double cheeseburgers, and more.
27. Velma Barfield, also known as the Death Row Granny, requested a packet of Cheez Doodles and a can of Coke for her last meal.
28. Robert Alton Harris ordered a 21-piece bucket of KFC, two large Domino's pizzas, and more for his last meal.
29. Harris' final words were, "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper."
30. Ronnie Lee Gardner requested steak, lobster tail, apple pie, and 7-Up for his last meal, as well as permission to watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy while eating.
31. Philip Workman requested a large vegetarian pizza to be given to a random homeless person, but prison officials refused.
32. Workman ate nothing for his last meal, but homeless shelters in Tennessee received large amounts of vegetarian pizzas from people all over the country.
33. Angel Nieves Diaz deliberately turned down his last meal and refused to eat the regular prison menu.
34. Diaz' final words condemned the death penalty as a form of vengeance and a cowardly act by humans.
35. Oba Chandler's last meal request included two salami sandwiches, a grape jelly sandwich, and iced tea.
36. Robert Dale Conklin's last meal request included filet mignon wrapped in bacon, de-veined shrimp, and more.
37. James Edward Smith's last meal request was a lump of soil, which was denied due to prison regulations.
38. Smith was served a cup of yogurt instead of the soil he requested.