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Date. March 7, 1983. Country. United States. State (s) Texas. James Edward Smith (October 19, 1952 – June 26, 1990) [ 1] was an American murderer who was executed for capital murder in Texas. His case garnered attention due to his unusual last meal request, a lump of dirt. [ 2][ 3]
In Texas, the tradition of customized last meals is thought to have been established around 1924. [6] However, in September 2011, the state of Texas abolished all special meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a large and expensive last meal. Brewer did not eat any of it, stating that he was not hungry.
Murder of James Byrd Jr. James Byrd Jr. (May 2, 1949 – June 7, 1998) was an African American man who was murdered by three white men, two of whom were avowed white supremacists, in Jasper, Texas, on June 7, 1998. Shawn Berry, Lawrence Brewer, and John King dragged him for three miles (five kilometers) behind a Ford pickup truck along an ...
Texas death row inmate Ruben Gutierrez was set to be executed just after 6 p..m. in Huntsville, Texas before the U.S. Supreme Court intervened. ... If Texas hadn't abolished last meal requests in ...
The 54-year-old is the third person to be put to death in Texas this year, and the 11th in the US. As of 2011, death row inmates in Texas cannot request a final meal, meaning Burton had to choose ...
For his last meal, he refused to make a special request, so he was given the standard last meal on Florida’s death row: steak done medium rare, eggs over easy, toast with butter and jelly, milk ...
He would later be executed on March 14, 1984, in the second execution in Texas since the reintroduction of the death penalty in the state after Gregg v. Georgia. He declined to make a final statement but did request a last meal of a hamburger, French fries, and a Dr Pepper. Autry was known as "Cowboy" on death row.
Death row inmates are no longer allowed to make a last meal request. Renteria's last meal will be "from what's available on the day's menu to the inmates at the Huntsville Unit," Texas Department ...