John David Duty

Offender: John David Duty of robbed a store, and kidnapped a woman. He and an accomplice took her to a barn and shot her. Surprisingly, she was able to walk a mile to get help. Not content with a life sentence, Duty tried to cause trouble to force his execution. The first time, he held eight people at medical unit hostage. One of them, a psychologist, took him to his office and talked him down. The second time, Duty convinced his cellmate, to act as a hostage, and killed him. To this day, his execution is seen an example of using the state as a suicicde method.

Meal: John David Duty choose a double cheeseburger, a footlong hotdog with onions, a cherry limade, and a bannana shake. I had all the items at Sonic, with the shake replaced with Bannana Cream Pie.

Cost: $5.19(double cheeseburger) + 4.39(shake) + $3.99(footlong dog) + $2.59(limeade) = $16.16

State: Oklahoma 

Citations:

http://newsok.com/article/3524313

Velma Barfield

Offender: Velma Barfield was a serial murderer who poisoned the elderly people she took care of, such as her husband, mother, boyfriend, and a few people she was hired as a caretaker for.

Last Meal: Velma choose a can of Coke and Cheez Doodles, which I swapped for Pepsi and Cheetos, the former I got at my college bookstore and the latter from a vending machine.

Cost: Cheetos($1.73) + $1.00(Pepsi) = $2.73

Citations: http://www.nytimes.com/1984/11/03/us/first-woman-is-executed-in-us-since-1962.html

State: North Carolina

John Martin Scripps

Offender: John Martin Scripps was a british born serial killer who traveled and preyed on fellow tourists. His first confirmed victim was a South African man named Gerard Lowe who was killed in Singapore. He later killed mother and son Canadian tourists Shelia and Darin Damude in Thailand. 

Meal: Jon Martin Scripps choose a mug of hot chocolate and pizza. For my recreation I choose a slice of Home Run Inn cheese pizza and a mug of milk with Sillycow Farms Cocoa Mix.

Total Cost: 7.99(Pizza) + 2.69(Milk) + 4.99(Cocoa Powder) = $14.67

Adjusted Cost: $2.33 + $.62 + $0.19= $3.14

Citaton: http://www.straitstimes.com/singapore/courts-crime/guilty-as-charged-john-martin-scripps-befriended-tourists-then-butchered-them

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

Arthur Lucas and Ronald Turpin

Offenders: Arthur Lucas murdered and police informant and Ronald Turpin killed a police officer during a traffic stop after a robbery. They were the last men to be executed in Canada, the former commenting that this is "some consolation".

Meal: Both offenders had steak, potatoes, vegetables, and pie. I choose Campbell's Chunky Steak and Potato Soup with sliced carrots and celery added in, and well as slice of Eli's Cookie Cheesecake. 

Total Cost: $2.99(soup) + $2.00(pie) + $3.99(celery and carrots) =$8.98

Adjusted Cost: $2.99(soup) + $2.00(pie) + $0.49(celery and carrots) =$5.58

Citation: https://books.google.com/books?id=nDocCf_aWfwC&pg=PA174&dq=the+last+to+die+arthur+lucas+and+Ronald+Turpin&hl=en&sa=X&ved=0ahUKEwjGps7iv5HTAhWEZCYKHV_wAiEQ6AEIGjAA#v=onepage&q&f=false

Ruth Synder

Offender: Ruth Synder and her lover Henry Judd Gray killed Ruth's husband Albert, attempting multiple times and finally succeeding by strangling him. They did this to collect the insurance on his life. The crime was the inspiration for Double Indemnity and The Postman Always Rings Twice.

Meal: Ruth Synder choose Chicken Alfredo, two milkshakes, a six pack of grape soda, two milkshakes, and ice cream. I choose a Velveta Cheesy Bowl from Walgreen's, a bottle of Grape Crush and Peanut Butter Cup milkshake from the College of DuPage cafeteria, and an ice cream bar from a vending machine.

Cost: $2.82(Cheesy Bowl) + 1.55(soda) + $1.85(milkshake) + 1.75(ice cream bar) = $8.17

State: New York 

Gary Lee Davis

Offender: Gary Lee Davis and his wife Rebecca Fincham kidnapped a woman named Virginia May, where he shot her with a rifle.

Meal: Gary Lee Davis choose chocolate and vanilla ice cream cups, which I had from Kilwin's.

Cost: $9.94

State: Colorado

Citation: https://web.archive.org/web/20090617133630/http://www.rockymountainnews.com/news/1997/oct/14/davis-pays-final-price/