John Errol Ferguson

Offender: John Errol Ferguson and accomplices Marvin Francois and Beauford White broke into a house, killed six people, and wounded two. He later killed two more people on his own.

Meal: 

• John Errol Ferguson choose a chicken sandwich and sweet tea for his last meal. I had them both a Chic-fil-A. After this he was issued a stay.
• For his actual last meal, John Errol Ferguson declined a special meal, and received a standard meal of a meat patty, a vegetable patty, white bread, carrots, potato salad, stewed tomatoes, and iced tea.

Cost:

• First meal: $3.79(chicken sandwich) + 1.79(tea) = $5.58
• Second meal:
• Total Cost: $6.67(beef patties) + $3.22(veggie patties) + $2.37(potato salad) + $1.88(carrots) + $1.64(bread loaf) + $1.00(tea) + $0.98(tomatoes) = $17.76
• Adjusted Cost: $1.67(beef patty) + $0.81(veggie patty) + $1.18(potato salad) + $0.47(carrots) + $0.70(bread slices) + $1.00(tea) + $0.98(tomatoes) = $6.61

Citation: 

• https://www.upi.com/Supreme-Court-stays-Fla-inmates-execution/30731351003557/
• https://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2013/08/05/convicted-mass-murderer-executed-in-florida/2621285/

Kelly Gissendander

Offender: Kelly Gissendander arranged the death of her husband, having her lover kidnap and murder him.

Meals: 

• Kelly Gissendadner first choose two whoppers; two orders of fries, lemonade; salad with green peppers, onions, boiled eggs, and cheese; buttermilk; cornbread; and cherry limeade ice cream. She was then issued a stay, due to problems with the drugs. I had the whoppers, fries, and lemonade from Burger King; the salad, cornbread, and buttermilk from Jewel, the popcorn from Naper Nut's and Sweet's, the ice cream from Kilwin's, choosing cherry when lime was not available.
• For her official last meal Kelly Gissendander choose a frosted lemonade, texas nachos, and chips with cheese dip. I got the lemonade at Chic-fil-A, the nachos and plain chips from Chili's, and the cheese dip from Walmart.

State: Georgia

First Meal:

• Total Cost: $7.78(Whopper Meal) + $7.78(Whopper Meal) + $4.49(ice cream) + $2.79(buttermilk quart) + $2.51(salad) + $2.49(cornbread) + $1.75(popcorn) = $29.59
• Adjusted Cost: $7.78(Whopper Meal) + $7.78(Whopper Meal) + $4.49(ice cream) + $0.35(buttermilk cup) + $2.51(salad) + $2.49(cornbread) + $1.75(popcorn) = $27.24 

Official Meal Cost: $11.99(nachos) + $5.29(chips) + $3.79(lemonade) + $0.88(dip) = $21.95

Citations:

•  https://www.ajc.com/news/crime--law/gissendaner-requests-last-meal-less-food-than-previous-last-meal/L2my3i2WwWlJOva4uY3apN/amp.html
• https://news.vice.com/article/the-only-woman-on-death-row-in-georgia-was-just-granted-a-last-minute-clemency-hearing