The hefty last meal ordered but not eaten by an executed Texas inmate brought a complaint from a state senator and the end Thursday to the practice of special menus.
Sen. John Whitmire, chairman of the Senate Criminal Justice Committee, wrote Thursday that he opposed the practice of providing a last meal of choice to the condemned.
“It is extremely inappropriate to give a person sentenced to death such a privilege. One which the perpetrator did not provide to their victim,” Whitmire wrote.
The Democrat, who represents Houston and parts of north Harris County, said “enough is enough” after Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered two chicken fried steaks smothered in gravy with sliced onions, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelet with other ingredients, a large bowl of fried okra with ketchup, three fajitas, a pint of Blue Bell ice cream and a pound of barbecue with a half-loaf of white bread.
The meal request also included a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts, a pizza and three root beers.
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I’m not sure what to think about this since this only covers samples in Britain, but I would imagine that it could be symptomatic of conditions everywhere. Researchers in Great Britain have found that one out of six phones is contaminated with fecal matter. Crap!
“People may claim they wash their hands regularly but the science shows otherwise”
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A 77-year-old Ukrainian man won a jar full of sour cream for coming first in a dumpling eating contest and then promptly died, local media reported on Wednesday.
Ivan Mendel ate 10 dumplings in half a minute to win first place and a one-liter jar of sour cream in the contest held in the town of Tokmak in the southeastern Zaporizhya region on September 18, Fakty I Kommentarii newspaper said.
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Bonk on the head from behind, and then one good shove over the railing. Adios, chum!
When a person disappears from a cruise ship does their home country investigate? Nope! Police from the country where the ship is registered do the investigation, if one is even performed. Do you think that cop from the Bahamas is going to fly around the world interviewing passengers and collecting evidence? Yeah, me neither.
Potential murderers:
1. The most likely killer is always the spouse. Guess who will also have the easiest time luring you onto the floating abattoir?
2. Serial killers. I bet it isn’t hard to cruise using a fake identity, not that investigators are ever likely to question you anyway.
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Here they are, the top ten.
10. No Country for Old Men
9. Iron Man
8. Inception
7. Sherlock Holmes
6. The Departed
5. The Hurt Locker
4. The Curious Case of Benjamin Button
3. The Bucket List
2. Crash
1. The Blind Side
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