Jeffrey Ferguson

Offender: Jeffery Ferguson murdered a teenage girl.

Meal: Jeffery Ferguson choose ribs, apple pie, and fries. I had the first two at Boston Market and the last one at McDonald's.

State: Missouri

Cost: $13.49(ribs) + $1.99(apple pie + $1.79(fries) = $17.17

Citation: https://fox2now.com/2014/03/25/missouri-readies-for-5th-execution-in-5-months/

Lois Nadean Smith

Offender: Lois Nadeem Smith killed her son's ex-girlfriend.

Meal: Lois Nadeem Smith choose ribs, onion rings, strawberry banana cake, and cherry limeade. I had the ribs and rings from Steamboat, and the cake and limeade from Walmart.

State: Oklahoma

Total Cost: $12.99(ribs) + $2.99(onion rings) + $2.48(cherry limeade mix) + $1.42(milk) + $1.18(strawberry cake mix) + $1.00(banana muffin mix) + $0.62(eggs) = $22.68

Adjusted Cost: $12.99(ribs) + $2.99(onion rings) + $0.12(cherry limeade mix) + $0.28(milk) + $0.36(strawberry cake mix) + $0.33(banana muffin mix) + $0.10(eggs) = $17.18

Citation: https://newsok.com/article/2770255/woman-61-put-to-death-for-murder

Charlie Livingston

Offender: Charlie Livingston robbed and killed a woman outside of a grocery store.

Meal: Charles Livingston choose ribs with onion gravy, buttered rice, Dr. Pepper, and ice water. I had the ribs and drinks from Steamboat Barbacue, and the gravy and rice from Walmart.

State: Texas

Total Cost: $11.99(ribs) + $1.65(drink) + $1.78(gravy) + $1.50(rice) = $16.92

Adjusted Cost: $11.99(ribs) + $1.65(drink) + $1.19(gravy) + $1.50(rice) = $16.33

Citation:

• http://murderpedia.org/male.L/l1/livingston-charlie.htm
• https://www.nytimes.com/1998/01/04/weekinreview/word-for-word-last-meals-for-the-condemned-in-texas-cheeseburgers-without-mercy.html

Feltus Taylor

Offender: Feltus Taylor robbed a restaurant that he used to work for, killing an employee, and wounding the manager. 

Meals: 

• Feltus Taylor was served shrimp, seafood gumbo and soft shells crabs before receiving a stay. I got extra small shrimp, medium shrimp, and chicken and sausage gumbo from Walmart, and then added some of the small shrimp to the gumbo. I got the crabs from Koi Sushi and Grill.
• For his official last meal, he choose ribs, toast, onion rings, shrimp, corn on the cob, and cheesecake. I had the ribs and toast from Jewel; the onion rings from Culver's; and the shrimp, corn, and cheesecake from Walmart.

State: Louisiana 

First Meal Cost:

• Total: $8.64(crabs) + 5.44(medium shrimp) + 5.24(extra small shrimp) + 1.78(gumbo) = $21.10
• Adjusted: $8.64(crabs) + 2.72(medium shrimp) +1.75(extra small shrimp) + 1.78(gumbo) = $14.89

Second Meal Cost:

• Total: $21.49(ribs) + $3.49(bread loaf) + $5.44(shrimp) + $2.98(cheesecake) + $0.12(corn) + $2.99(onion rings) = $36.51
• Adjusted: $8.60(ribs) + $0.21(bread slice) + $2.72(shrimp) + $2.98(cheesecake) + $0.12(corn) + $2.99(onion rings) = $20.34

Citations:

• https://web.archive.org/web/20070630160057/http://www.ireland.com/newspaper/breaking/2000/0607/breaking12.htm
• http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/taylor640.htm

Linroy Bottoson

Offender: Linroy Bottoson robbed a post office, kidnapped the postmistress, and killed her.

Meal: Linroy Bottoson had a couple of "last meals" but both times the execution was stayed. In the end he had the standard meal of the day.

• For his first "last meal" Bottoson had steamed shrimp, fried oysters, apple pie, and butter pecan ice cream. I got all of this from Walmart.
• For his second meal, Bottoson had barbecued ribs, onion rings, fries, coleslaw, apple pie, and milk. I got the ribs from Jewel; the rings, fries, and slaw from Culver's; the pie from Walmart; and the milk from the attached Subway.
• For his actual last meal, Bottoson had the standard meal of beef patties, cheese, and bread. I had two Angus beef patties with a slice of provolone and Colby jack from Walmart, and oat nut bread from Jewel.

State: Florida

First Meal:

• Total Cost: $5.24(shrimp) + 3.88(ice cream) + $2.72(oysters) + $0.50(apple pie) = $12.34
• Adjusted Cost: $2.62(shrimp) + $3.88(ice cream) + $2.72(oysters) + $0.50(apple pie) = $9.72

Second Meal:

• Total Cost: $12.99(ribs) + $2.89(onion rings + $1.99(fries) + $1.99(coleslaw) + $1.59(milk) + $1.59(milk) + $0.50(apple pie) = $23.54
• Adjusted Cost: $7.42(ribs) + $2.89(onion rings + $1.99(fries) + $1.99(coleslaw) + $1.59(milk) + $1.59(milk) + $0.50(apple pie) = $17.97

Standard Meal :

• Total Cost: $5.50(patties) + $0.29(provolone) + $0.23(Colby jack) + $3.49(bread loaf) = $9.51
• Adjusted Cost: $2.25(patties) + $0.15(provolone) + $0.12(Colby jack) + $0.84(bread slices) = $3.36

Citations:

• http://www.sptimes.com/2002/02/06/State/Executions_put_on_hol.shtml
• http://articles.orlandosentinel.com/2002-12-07/news/0212070142_1_reprieve-muniz-lethal-injection
• http://www.clarkprosecutor.org/html/death/US/bottoson813.htm