John Bennett

Offender: John Bennett was a soldier who sexually assaulted and attempted to drown a girl while he was stationed in Austria.

Meal:

• John Bennett first asked for a shrimp dinner, but was offered a stay while eating it. I had a shrimp dinner at Brown's Chicken and choose onion rings as a side. 
• For his actual last meal he choose shrimp with tartar sauce, coffee and milk, cake, peaches, and rolls. I had everything at Walmart, except for the milk which was from Subway.

Cost:

• First Meal: $9.99(shrimp dinner)
• Second Meal: $2.50(shrimp) + $2.50(coffee) + $1.98(cake) + $1.98(tartar sauce) + $1.33(peaches) + $0.66(rolls) + $1.59(milk) =  $‭12.54

Citations:

• https://www.newspapers.com/clip/34574661/bennettmeal/
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-10-tm-18406-story.html

Donald Beardslee

Offender: Donald Beardslee and two accompices killed a pair of women over a drug deal gone wrong.

Meal: Donald Beardslee was offered a standard meal of chili macaroni, mixed vegatables, salad, and cake, but turned it down. He did ask for, and received, grapefruit juice. 

State: California

Cost: $2.98(salad) + $1.98(cake) + $1.78(chili mac) + $1.38(juice) + $1.14(vegetables) = $9.26

Citations:

• https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/Murderer-Beardslee-executed-Lethal-injection-at-2704322.php
• https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2005-jan-19-me-execute19-story.html

Christopher Newton

Offender: Christopher Newton strangled his cellmate.

Meal: Christopher Newton choose steak, asparagus, brussel sprouts, cake, soda, watermelon, and feta cheese. I had all of it at Emmett's Pub and Grill, except the feta cheese and watermelon which was from Walmart.

State: Ohio

Cost: $25.00(steak) + $10.00(brussel sprouts) + $7.00(cake) + $3.00(soda) + $3.98(feta cheese)  + $2.58(watermelon) = $51.56

Citation: https://www.reuters.com/article/us-execution-ohio/ohio-executes-man-who-killed-prison-cellmate-idUSN2437135120070524

Shannon Johnson

Offender: Shannon Johnson shot and killed the boyfriend of his ex.

Meal: Shannon Johnson declined a special meal and received a standard meal of chicken lo mein, buttered bread, iced tea, carrots, and cake. I had the bread from Jewel, the chicken from Peking Chinese Food, and the cake and tea from Walmart.

State: Delaware

Total Cost: $4.50(chicken lo mein) + $3.49(bread loaf) + $2.08(butter) + $1.98(tea) + $1.98(cake) + $1.78(carrots) = $15.81

Adjusted 4.50(chicken lo mein) + $0.43(bread slice) + $2.08(butter) + $1.98(cake) + $0.25(tea) + $0.98(carrots) = $10.22

Citation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2132686/Delaware-man-28-executed-lethal-injection-shooting-ex-girlfriends-lover.html

Frank Spisak

Offender: Frank Spisak was a racist serial killer who killed three men, and wounded a man and woman at Cleveland State University.

Meal: Frank Spisak choose spaghetti with tomato sauce, salad with Italian dressing, chocolate cake, root beer, coffee, and milk. I had the dressing from Jewel, the coffee and milk from McDonald's, and the rest from Portillo's. 

State: Ohio

Cost: $7.59(spaghetti) + $3.19(salad) + $2.89(cake) + $2.39(drink) + $1.29(milk) + $1.00(coffee) + $0.79(dressing) + $0.79(dressing) = $19.93

Citation: https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1357845/Frank-Spisak-execution-Death-Rows-longest-serving-inmate-faces-lethal-injection-today.html

Earl Forrest

Offender: Earl Forrest killed two people over a drug dispute, and then killed and officer in a shootout.

Meal: Earl Forrest choose steak, pasta, cucumber and tomato slices, a fruit plate, chocolate cake, and milk. I had the steak from Anyway's Pub, the milk from Subway, and the rest from Walmart.

State: Missouri

Cost: $15.99(steak) + $8.98(fruit plate) + $2.00(pasta) + $1.98(cake) + $0.74(tomato) + $0.68(cucumber) + $1.59(milk) = $31.96

Citation: http://news.stlpublicradio.org/post/missouri-executes-earl-forrest-2002-triple-slayings#stream/0

Herbert Smulls

Offender: Herbert Smulls robbed a jewelry store, and shoot the couple who owned it killing the husband and wounding the wife.

Meal: Herbert Smulls choose steak, fried chicken, mac and cheese, coke, collard greens, chocolate cake, candied yams, and corn bread. I got the steak from Anyway's Pub, the corn bread from Jewel, and everything else from Walmart.

State: Missouri

Total Cost: $17.49(steak) + $2.24(butter) + $1.36(brown sugar) + $1.24(marshmallows) + $1.18(yams) + $2.73(mac and cheese) + $1.98(cake) + $1.78(coke) + $1.48(chicken breast) + $0.98(collard greens) = $32.46

Adjusted Cost: $17.49(steak) + $2.24(butter) + $0.34(brown sugar) + $0.24(marshmallows) + $1.18(yams) + $2.73(mac and cheese) + $1.98(cake) + $1.78(coke) + $1.48(chicken breast) + $0.98(collard greens) = $30.43

Citation: http://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-25960390

John Muhammad

Offender: John Muhammad was one of the two DC Beltway Snipers, the other being his accomplice Lee Boyd Malvo. They committed a numbers of shootings, first in various states, then they focused in the DC area in Virginia and Maryland.

State: Virginia

Meal: John Muhammad choose chicken with red sauce and cakes. I had a chicken thigh and leg, a  marinara sauce dip, and chocolate chip and lemon cakes.

Cost: $0.98(chicken thigh) $0.88(chicken leg) + $0.50(marinara sauce) + $0.50(chocolate chip cake) + $0.50(lemon cake) = $3.36

Citation: http://www.cnn.com/2009/CRIME/11/10/virginia.sniper.execution/index.html

Brandon Rhode

Offender: Brandon Rhode and his accomplice Daniel Lucas broke into a house and killed the father and his son and daughter.

 Meal: Brandon Rhode received the standard meal of a chili dog, tater tots, coleslaw, carrots, fruit punch, and cake. I got the hot dog at Smokehouse and the rest at Jewel. 

Total Cost: 1.79(fruit punch) + 3.49(tater tots) + 1.50(carrots) + 1.26(coleslaw) + 2.50(carrot cake) + 3.69(chili dog) = $14.23

Adjusted Cost: 1.79(fruit punch) + 0.35(tater tots) + 1.50(carrots) + 1.26(coleslaw) + 2.50(carrot cake) + 3.69(chili dog) = $10.88

State: Georgia

Bruno Richard Hauptmann

Offender: Bruno Richard Hauptmann kidnapped Charles Lindbergh Jr., the son of a famous aviator, who was found dead.

Meal: Bruno Richard Hauptmann choose cake, chicken, celery, cherries, peas, and olives. I got all of the items from Jewel, except the latter two which were from Walgreen's.

Total Cost: $1.09(peas)+ $1.79(olives) + $2.99(celery) + $0.99(cherries) + $1.99(chicken) + $2.50(cake) = $10.35

Adjusted Cost: $0.36(peas)+ $.60(olives) + $)0.66(celery) + $0.33(cherries) + $1.99(chicken) + $2.50(cake) = $4.87

State: New Jersey

Citation: https://thoughtcatalog.com/kendra-syrdal/2017/03/heres-what-18-killers-last-meal-on-death-row-looked-like/

Teresa Lewis

Offender: Teresa Lewis arranged the deaths of her husband and stepson to obtain the latter's life insurance he took out in anticipation of deployment to Iraq.

Meal: Teresa Lewis choose two fried chicken breasts, buttered peas, German chocolate cake, and Dr. Pepper, which I got all at Jewel

Cost: $1.50(Dr. Pepper) + $1.99(peas) + 3.98(fried chicken) + $3.99(chocolate cake) = $11.46

State: Virginia

Citations:

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2010/09/23/AR2010092306827_2.html

http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-1314637/Teresa-Lewis-execution-Final-meal-Virginia-death-row-prisoner.html