No more last meals in Texas...
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on Death Row. Seems the condemned ordered too many large last meals! by Bevvie in Six Words for America on Sep 23, 2011 | 
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EnMasse says,
They should abolish last meals altogether; the system is too flawed, in general, all over.Bevvie says,
Which system? Last meals? The penal system? The death penalty?MrsPremise says,
I heard that too. Admire the chef who offered to fund and serve the prisoners himself. They said"No" to that too. Texas is just too barbaric for me to comprehend. Stop the executions.Bevvie says,
Oh, didn't hear about the chef's offer! And they said "no" to that! Barbaric is an understatement!MrsPremise says,
Yeah, I heard it on NPR on Friday. The Chef came was very compassionate and said he would pay for it himself, that everyone deserved a last meal. Often, he said, they will ask for something that has nostalgic significance. Apparently, the prisoner that was just executed had ordered a lot of extravagant dishes and then ate none of them. Threw the warden (?) into a snit--viola! End of last meals.