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Showing posts with label Arkansas. Show all posts

Saturday, August 24, 2019

Alan Willett

Offender: Alan Willett killed his son and brother with a window weight.

Meal: Alan Willett choose beef jerky, barbecue-flavored potato chips, onion dip, garlic dip, buttered popcorn, and Pepsi. I had them all at Walmart.

State: Arkansas

Total Cost: $3.98(beef jerky) + $2.98(popcorn) + $1.98(mayonnaise) + $1.98(garlic dip) + $1.78(pepsi) + $1.52(French onion mix) + $1.00(sour cream) + $1.00(bbq chips) = $18.10

Adjusted Cost: $3.98(beef jerky) + $0.50(popcorn) + $0.50(mayonnaise) + $1.98(garlic dip) + $1.78(pepsi) + $0.61(French onion mix) + $0.25(sour cream) + $0.25(bbq chips) = $12.22

Citation: http://www.executedtoday.com/2011/09/08/1999-double-execution-in-arkansas/

Saturday, March 2, 2019

Christina Marie Riggs

Offender: Christina Marie Riggs killed her two children by suffocating them.

Meal: Christina Marie Riggs choose a supreme pizza, salad, okra, cherry limeade, and strawberry shortcake. I had the pizza and salad at Mod's Pizza. the okra at Brown's Chicken, and the cake and limeade at Walmart.

Total Cost: $7.87(mod pizza) + $4.87(salad) + $2.99(okra) + $2.48(cherry limeade mix) + $1.98(shortcake) = $20.19

Adjusted Cost: $7.87(mod pizza) + $4.87(salad) + $2.99(okra) + $0.12(cherry limeade mix) + $1.98(shortcake) = $17.73

Wednesday, August 22, 2018

Don Davis

Offender: Don Davis robbed a house and killed the woman inside.

Meal: Don Davis choose fried chicken, mashed potatoes, great northern beans, rolls, fruit punch, and strawberry cake. After receiving the meal he was granted a stay, and is still alive on death row to this day. I got all of the items from Walmart.

State: Arkansas

Total Cost: $2.48(cake) + $1.55(mashed potatoes) + $1.48(chicken breast) + $1.34(fruit punch) + $0.94(beans) + $0.66(rolls) + $8.45

Adjusted Cost: $2.48(cake) + $1.55(mashed potatoes) + $1.48(chicken breast) + $1.34(fruit punch) + $0.47(beans) + $0.66(rolls) + $7.98

Citation: http://katv.com/news/local/last-meal-request-granted-for-don-davis

Sunday, January 21, 2018

Ricky Ray Rector

Offender: Ricky Ray Rector shoot a man when denied access to a club, shot a police after agreeing to surrender, and then tried to kill himself. The brain damage he took during the attempt made his death sentence highly controversial.

Meal: Ricky Ray Rector choose steak, fried chicken, kool aid, and pecan pie. Him not eating the pie which he claimed to be "saving for later", was used as proof that he was to handicapped to understand death. I got a Flat Iron Steak from Anyway's Pub, and the rest from Walmart.

State: Arkansas

Cost: $15.99(steak) + $.98(chicken thigh) + $.65(chicken wing) + $.50(pecan pie) + $.24(kool aid) = $18.36

Citation: https://www.cbsnews.com/pictures/last-meals-of-death-row/4/

Sunday, August 20, 2017

Kenneth Williams

Offenders: Kenneth Williams kidnapped a cheerleader and her boyfriend, killed her, and then killed another man. For this he was given a life sentence, but escaped from prison. On the lam he murdered a man, and killed another in a car crash. He was last of a controversial quadruple execution, done to use drugs before they expired.

Meal: Kenneth Williams chose the Holy Communion, but also got the standard meal of two chicken pieces, two cinnamon rolls, the slices of bread, two cookies, tomatoes, rices, corn, and beans, and punch. I got the chicken, rolls, bread at Jewel; and the cookies, vegetables, and punch from Walgreen's.

Total Cost: $1.11(corn) + $1.19(tomatoes) + $0 .89(cookies) + $1.29(beans) + $2.79(rice) + $3.99(punch concentrate) + $2.98(chicken) + $2.50(cinnamon rolls)  + $3.49(bread loaf) = $19.23

Adjusted Cost: $0.22(corn) + $.30(tomatoes) + $0.89(cookies) + $1.29(beans) +$0.55(rice) + $0.24(punch concentrate) + $2.98(chicken) + $1.25(cinnamon rolls) + $0.43(bread slices) = $7.71

State: Arkansas

Citation: http://www.4029tv.com/article/kenneth-williams-takes-communion-with-last-meal/9573659

Saturday, July 29, 2017

Ledell Lee

Offender: Ledell Lee murdered his neighbor Debra Reese with a tire checking bat her husband gave her. He was the first a controversial quadruple execution, done to use drugs before they expired.

Meal:  Ledell Lee inmates chose the Holy Communion.

Total cost: $9.32(grape juice) + $3.49(communion wafer package)

Adjusted cost: $0.025(grape juice) + $0.035(communion wafer) = $0.06

State: Arkansas 

Citations:
http://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-death-row-inmates-last-meals-591767
https://www.americamagazine.org/faith/2017/04/26/last-suppers-jesus-christ-and-ledell-lee

Saturday, July 22, 2017

Eric Nance

Offender: Eric Nance killed a woman, who was hitchhiking on account of her car breaking down.

Meal: Eric Nance choose two pints of cookie dough ice cream, two bacon cheeseburgers, two cokes, and fries. I got the ice cream at Walgreen's and the rest at Wendy's.

Cost: $18.38(Two Baconater meals) + $5.00 (Ice Cream) = $23.38

State: Arkansas

Citation: http://katv.com/news/local/looking-back-at-the-2005-execution-of-eric-nance

In Memoriam: https://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=gr&GRid=5386733

Tuesday, June 6, 2017

Jack Jones

Offender: Jack Harold Jones chocked a woman named Mary Phillips and her daughter Lacy. The former died but the latter woke up when the police came in to take photos of the scene.

Meal: Jack Jones choose punch, three chicken breasts, potatoes, tartar sauce, chocolate shake with butterfinger crunch, three butterfinger candy bars, sliced cheese, beef jerky. I got the chicken, potatoes, and drink at KFC, the shake and tartar sauce at Culver's, and the jerky, cheese, and candy bars at Jewel. He was the second of a controversial quadruple execution, done to use drugs before they expired.

Citation: http://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-death-row-inmates-last-meals-591767

Cost: $10.49(Big Box Meal) $3.79(Shake) + $3.00(Butterfingers) + $5.99(Beef Jerky) + $1.47(Cheese)= $24.74

Wednesday, May 24, 2017

Marcel Williams

Offender: Marcel Williams kidnapped Stacy Errickson, forced her to withdraw money, and then killed her. 

Meal: Marcel Williams choose three chicken breasts; potato wedges mountain dew; nachos with ground beef, cheese sauce and jalapenos; banana pudding; and ice cream. I choose the chicken, wedges, and drink from KFC; the nachos from Qdoba; the pudding from Jewel; and the ice cream fro Culver's. He was the third of a controversial quadruple execution, done to use drugs before they expired.

Total Cost: $2.29(Ice Cream) + 7.80(Nachos) + $1.27(Pudding) + $10.49(Big Box Meal) = $21.75

Total Cost: $2.29(Ice Cream) + 7.80(Nachos) + $0.25(Pudding) + $10.49(Big Box Meal)) = $20.73

State: Arkansas

Citation: http://www.newsweek.com/arkansas-death-row-inmates-last-meals-591767