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Jul 2, 2013 · The final statements of each prisoner are catalogued online by the Texas Department of Criminal Justice – a chilling insight into the last thoughts of the condemned. Here are just a few of these...
Jul 8, 2021 · While in the death chamber, Wuornos gave one final ominous message: “I’d just like to say I’m sailing with the rock, and I’ll be back like Independence Day, with Jesus June 6. Like the movie, big mother ship and all, I’ll be back.” Many experts believe her last words were indicative of her deteriorating mental state.
May 24, 2017 · 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.
Jun 13, 2022 · In their final moments, Texas death row inmates are allowed to express any last words that they may have. Some decline, but others share feelings of love, regret, anger, sadness and readiness.
Feb 2, 2023 · Wesley Ruiz's Final Words Before Texas Execution. Wesley Ruiz, a 43-year-old Texas man who was sentenced to death for the 2007 killing of a police officer, has been executed by lethal injection ...
Sep 7, 2021 · Usually, those regulations don’t end up in court, but in 1999 the American Civil Liberties Union of Ohio filed suit after prison officials barred the condemned from speaking their last words, telling them to write them down instead, so an official could read them aloud after the execution, and censor them as they saw fit.
May 24, 2017 · Death row inmates’ last words: Apologies, thanks, defiance. ATLANTA (AP) — Georgia inmate J.W. Ledford Jr. used his final moments to quote from the movie “Cool Hand Luke” and toss out an ...
