Are death row inmates offered a last meal? We've all seen it in movies but I just saw a documentary claiming that no last meals are offered, just standard prison food. Anyone know for sure?
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I believe many of them are allowed to look at a picture of WHOPPIE GOLDBERG.....nude, just before they drop the cyanide pills.  They say, that the shock of seeing Ol' Whoopie, nude, takes away' the will to live' another instant and is like a kind of sedative for the poor prisoner.  However there if a strong group of lobbyist who say that it is a very cruel and unusual punishment, and are working very hard to end the practice.
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Today is Saturday, and I'm home alone. My family took off in different directions this weekend, so I cooked myself a chicken on the grill, and don't think I can eat it all. Would you like some? I could attach it to an email, and send you some... Light or dark meat?
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Quote; "Anyone who starves themselves over any cause is stupid. Can't change things when you are dead, so yes the death was in vain. Even a gator could figure that out."\n\nGator has obviously never heard of Bobby Sands or the other 9 Irish Hunger strikers of 1981. As a result of their sacrifice, Bobby Sands was elected to Parliament while still on hunger strike, hundreds of people joined the IRA and the Good Friday Agreement was signed. Among other things, the Good Friday Agreement forced the brits to share governmental power with Irish Republicans AND forced the brits to release ALL IRA prisoners from their prisons! Don't tell me they died in vain. They were locked away in a prison, with no weapons, yet managed to change the whole course of Irish history.\n  Sadly, I must admit that I know nothing of Subhas Srivastava. But he has got people talking. And I will read up on him and his cause. So be sure, he did not die in vain.
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How could Rice  run for president in 08, she will be in prison, or is Bush going to spring her and his other cronies on his last day!  Not if he's locked up too. Yahoo!
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I grew up in the country.  We feed the animals, gave them names.  Come Christmas we killed a pig. I was about sixteen when they finally let me see the actual slaughter.  Gunshot to the head.  Did it turn me off to meat. Nope.  I just appreciate the animal more.  I know the prepackaged meat comes from livestock that isn't lovingly taken care of.  But sometimes I wonder if my burger is one of the cows we sold off.
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I believe in life in prison without parole for those criminals that have proven to be an ongoing threat to society.  I think it costs us far more to execute them than it would for us to keep them locked up forever.  However, the death sentence does not bother me.  I believe there are people who cannot be changed and that they are evil.  The sex of the person does not enter into it for me.  Would I carry out the execution?  I would not take the job.  If I were forced to do it, or the person would go free?  I would execute them.  My fear in letting them go would be that they would kill again or harm a child.  I couldn't live with that on my conscience.  Anyway I didn't sentence them to die.  I just carried out the sentence of the court.  Of course this answer is based on what I know of the courts of the U.S.A.  I would not carry out a death sentence in another country.  In some cases the sentence may have been handed out simply for being a Christian.
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The "chop"?  I am not sure I would call the death penalty "the chop".  It sort of says America is all about revenge, which it's not. And that's why I think this was a good verdict: it allowed Moussaoui's due process to run its course (though he still has appeals). He received much more justice than the victims of his co-conspirators.  I think some would say that this guy was so low on the totem pole that we're really looking for a scapegoat. As one of the family members of a 9/11 victim said, we don't really know what was going on in his mind on that day. Is he really more paranoid, more dellusional, as opposed to a true conspirator or mastermind? We don't really know. But he was part of it at least at some levels.  Today he proclaimed "victory" even though he had earlier stated he wanted the death penalty. This alone makes me wonder if he is in the right state of mind.  He wants to be the center of attention and this verdict might finally take away that attention from him.
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there's going to be a documentary on the discovery channel on prison life....coming soon....check your local listing\nlooked interesting
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Currently it is more expensive to keep someone on deathrow until execution than it is to keep them in prison for life.  Some estimates say that it can be up to three times as much to execute someone.  You cannot shorten the appeals process because of our constitutional right to appeal.
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Sorry to hear that this is going on. I have worked in a assisted living center and I know this happens. I wish I could find the site that helped me when I saw this going on.(I'll look for it) Talk to a lawyer right away, see if you can get pictures of you eating the meal's they give you. You'll need proof,\nThe problem is that the chef is not a nutritionist and they plan meals as if its for people who can eat anything. Its a sad mess! I don't even think they know how to put a meal together that can count calories for a diabetic. Its a guessing game for them. I can say this is true because of the place I had worked at.\nI would not let any of the staff know that I have reached out for help.
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There are seven inmates on Death Row at Ft Leavenworth.\n\nThe last execution was in 1961\n\nArmy is asking Pres Bush to approve the execution of a former USA member convicted of murder rape sodomy, etc .\n\nsee this link:  http://www.kcentv.com/news/local-article-arch.php?nid=9024
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wow...didn't know all that...good info...i agree..it is a type of mental disorder...kinda like over eaters, thieves, drunkards, and so on....people who say it has been around for a long time and say its normal...so has murder is that normal...and if it is so normal...why does is go against natural law...they can't reproduce themselves...how does it exist if it is not a mental condition? so i guess we made the wrong decision...
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I say 4 years should be the ABSOLUTE MAXIMUM!!!  Just had this conversation over, if you can believe it, Christmas Dinner.  I had a Federal Prosecutor telling me how the system of appeals works.  What a load of crap.  There is no way a prisoner, especially today with DNA, should be on death row for 24 years.  By giving them a 3 years, that is long enough for their appeal ( which, as I was told, can take 3 to 4 years before it is brought before the appeals court ).  When a person is sentenced to death, they have ( if they want ) an automatic appeal.  Although I do not agree with the Prosecutor, he says PEOPLE DON'T CHANGE.  If not, why do we even keep them in jail or prison ... just kill all of them ( yes, I am being sarcastic ).
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My first thought was, I would like my mother's home made apricot pie with fresh Devon clotted cream. But I don't think they would be able to get hold of this (especially as my mom died a few years ago and Devon, England is a long way away from Death Row.)\n\nSo I thought up an alternative menu:\n\nFirst Course: Smoked salmon and a glass of Chardonnay\n\nSecond Course: pasta with lots of garlic (to scare away the vampires), chicken, bacon, broccoli and tuna, topped with fresh parmesan cheese. With a glass of Ruby Cabernet.\n\nThird course: Chocolate cheesecake and cream (No need to worry about the cholesterol)\n\nI would also ask for some strawberries and milk chocolate (Lindt Lindor)\n\nThen I'd have an Irish coffee (with lots of Irish whiskey)\n\nThe question is, if I was just about to be obliterated, would I have the appetite?\n\nBut I enjoyed thinking about the food.
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The frozen, breaded patties or fish sticks are cool...Unless the facility is actually in a fishing port town, I'd steer clear of anything claimed to be "fresh fish".\nIn some fishing towns, if the commercial boats have excess catch, it gets donated or sold cheap to the jail so, a jail near the ocean sometimes really does get FRESH fish.
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Hi, I didn't know Denise Brown had a show.  Thank you for letting me know, Why must we have to endure anymore of OJ's narcissistic behavior? Has anyone put any thought into what this must be doing emotionally to Nicole and Ron's families, not to mention what it is doing to his children. I feel like OJ, besides killing Ron and Nicole, has raped the justice system and now he is raping the public. Shame on Fox TV for airing such a show. Shame on book publishers for publishing such trash, and shame on the American public for watching this show or buying this book. I can't believe how low some people will stoop for a dollar. Let's put OJ where he belongs, into obscurity, which for a narcissist is worse than prison, and ban the book and TV show. Kim Goldman(Ron's sister) has a website you can go to and sign a petition that will be given to officials at Fox and Harper-Collins Publishers to urge them to not air the show or sell the book. The website is: http://dontpayoj.com
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I join & applaud you, I have been a  hunter for many years & will continue to do so. I would never torture & maim an animal just for cruel sport & shoot to kill..and to put in my freezer..As I said in another post, if anyone of these people went to a slaughter house, where their bacon, sausage, hamburger & steaks came from & saw what really happens as these animals are slaughtered, they would think twice about what they say & think about hunters, and as for the folks that dont eat meat, that is a choice of yours & not ours..