death row

Since December 1982, over 540 men and women have been put to death in the Texas Department of Criminal Justice System (TDCJ).  Just before the lethal mixture of drugs are administered to an inmate, he/she is given an opportunity to make a last statement.

No more last meal requests for death row inmates in Texas. All other prisoners facing the long walk have Lawrence Brewer to thank for this after he ordered two chicken fried steaks, a triple-meat bacon cheeseburger, fried okra, a pound of barbecue, three fajitas, a meat lover's pizza, a pint of ice cream and a slab of peanut butter fudge with crushed peanuts before being put to death a few night