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14 Μαΐ 2024 · Here are some of the strangest last words before execution: 1. Jimmy Glass, 1987 (Louisiana) Last Words: “I’d Rather Be Fishing”. On Christmas of 1982, 20-year-old Jimmy Glass and inmate Jimmy Wingo escaped from jail and shot an elderly couple to death while burglarizing their home.
13 Δεκ 2023 · Taken together, their words—on religious faith, love, violence, regret, and capital punishment itself—form an evocative portrait of the moieties of the death penalty in Texas: the crimes these ...
Explore a respectful archive of final words from death row inmates, including their thoughts, messages, and reflections.
24 Μαΐ 2017 · Strapped to a gurney that’s tilted toward the witness seats, condemned inmates are given two minutes to make a last statement. Many apologize to the families of their victims or thank their own families, friends and lawyers for support.
Last Words of the Executed is a book by Robert K. Elder published in 2010. Studs Terkel contributed a foreword. The book documents the final words of death row inmates in the United States, from the seventeenth century to the present day. The chapters are organized by era and method of execution.
2 Ιουν 2017 · To make that happen, a unique interactive created by Atlanta-based reporter Kate Brumback,Interactive Editor Nathan Griffiths and Interactive Producer Roque Ruiz takes people inside Georgia’s execution chamber to actually hear the last words of inmates right before they were put to death.
8 Ιουλ 2021 · Before the act of taking a death row prisoner’s life, whether by lethal injection, the gas chamber or historically another way, the condemned are given an opportunity to speak their last words.
