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Sep 23, 2021 · Other death row last words, like those of Thomas J. Grasso, were to complain about their final meal, or their treatment in the prisons. Whatever the words used, and whatever the manner of execution, these famous last words spoken by criminals remain as the final memories of these offenders.
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Dec 13, 2023 · Most of them had something to say in their last moments, and those words are now collected in a book, Final Words: 578 Men and Women Executed on Texas Death Row. About 100 chose to say...
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- Ted Bundy. On the night before Ted Bundy was executed, he spent most of his time crying and praying. At 7 a.m. on January 24, 1989, Bundy was strapped into the electric chair at Starke State prison in Florida.
- John Wayne Gacy. Convicted serial rapist and killer John Wayne Gacy was executed at the Stateville Penitentiary in Illinois by lethal injection just after midnight on May 10, 1994.
- Timothy McVeigh. Convicted terrorist Timothy McVeigh had no final words prior to being executed by lethal injection on June 11, 2001, in Indiana. McVeigh did leave a handwritten statement that quoted a poem by British poet William Ernest Henley.
- Gary Gilmore. Convicted murderer Gary Gilmore's final words before being put to death in Utah on January 17, 1977, by a volunteer firing squad: "Let's do it!"
Feb 22, 2007 · (Court TV) -- Whether it's a sorrowful apology to family or best wishes for sports teams, the final statements of Death Row inmates before execution offer an inside look at the last moments....
May 24, 2017 · Miss Argentina. Death row inmates’ last words: Apologies, thanks, defiance. By KATE BRUMBACK. Updated 12:06 PM PDT, May 24, 2017. ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. used his final moments to quote from the movie “Cool Hand Luke” and toss out an insult. “What we have here is a failure to communicate. Some men you just can’t reach.
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.
