Strange requests on death row.

The Early Thanksgiving meal

The last meal request of inmate Marion Albert Pruett:

He requested a Pizza Hut stuffed crust pizza; four Burger King Whoppers; a large order of French fries; three two-liter Pepsi bottles; fried eggplant; fried squash; fried okra; and a whole pecan pie. -He wanted to request roast duck but didn’t believe the prison would cook it for him.

It was also believed that he wanted to share it with a inmate that was being executed the same day.

the caring prisoner

Philip Workman’s last meal request; asked the prison to give a large vegetarian pizza to a homeless person in Nashville, declining his own meal. Though the prison refused, many other people across Tennessee fulfilled his wish and brought hundreds of pizzas to homeless shelters on his execution day.

The king meal

Joseph Mitchell Parsons requested last meal of three Burger King Whoppers, two large orders of fries, a chocolate shake, chocolate chip ice cream, and a pack of grape Hubba Bubba bubble gum.

-He requested to share the meal with his brother and cousin.

The Full dinner

Homas J. Grasso last meal included: two dozen steamed mussels; two dozen steamed clams; half-a-dozen barbecued spare ribs; a Burger King double cheeseburger; two strawberry milkshakes; half a pumpkin pie with whipped cream; and diced strawberries. Grasso also ordered a 16-ounce can of spaghetti and meatballs,

-later complaining that he asked for Spaghetti-Os, not just spaghetti.

The pile of dirt

inmate James Edward Smith asked for a pile of dirt. The prison denied his request, and he ended up settling on a cup of yogurt.

Justice and world peace

Odell Barnes declined his last meal request, asking instead for “Justice, Equality, World Peace.”

Last Birthday

David Leon Woods ordered a pizza and birthday cake.

Last KFC

Before their death, Andrew Chan and Myuran Sukumaran ate Kentucky Fried Chicken.

More than you can eat

Gary Carl Simmons, Jr. ordered a smorgasbord of: one Pizza Hut Supreme Deep Dish pizza with double mushrooms, double onions, double jalapeño peppers, and double pepperoni; a second pizza with three cheeses, olives, bell peppers, tomatoes, garlic, and Italian sausage; 10 eight-ounce packs each of Parmesan cheese (that’s 5 pounds of cheese!) and ranch dressing (10 cups of dressing!); 8 ounces of jalapeño nacho cheese; 4 ounces of sliced jalapeños; 2 twenty-ounce Cherry Cokes; 2 large strawberry shakes; two pints of strawberry ice cream; and one family sized bag of Doritos nacho cheese flavor. The calorie count of the meal? 29,000 calories.

One large last meal

One of the largest death row inmate meals in history was requested by Peter J. Miniel. The 42-year-old asked for: 20 beef tacos; 20 beef enchiladas; 2 double cheeseburgers; a jalapeño pizza; fried chicken; spaghetti; fruit cake; half of a chocolate cake and half of a vanilla cake; cookies-n-cream and caramel pecan fudge ice cream; 2 Cokes; 2 Pepsis; 2 root beers; and 2 glasses of orange juice.

waste of food

Lawrence Russell Brewer asked for a massive helping of food: two chicken fried steaks and sliced onions dripping in gravy; a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger with everything on the side; one cheese omelet with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers, and jalapeños; a big bowl of fried okra with ketchup; one pound of barbecued meat and half a loaf of white bread; three fajitas with all the toppings; a Pizza Hut Meat Lovers pizza; a pint of Blue Bell vanilla ice cream; a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts on top; and three root beers. -When the food arrived, Brewer refused to eat, saying he wasn’t hungry.