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    • John Wayne Gacy. John Wayne Gacy was put to death in Illinois by lethal injection at the age of 52. He was sentenced to death for rape and 33 counts of murder.
    • Timothy McVeigh. Timothy McVeigh, the American terrorist behind the Oklahoma City bombing, was put to death in Indiana by lethal injection at the age of 33.
    • Ricky Ray Rector. was put to death in Arkansas by lethal injection at the age of 42. He was sentenced to death for two counts of murder. For his last meal, Rector - mentally incapacitated during his time on death row, his defense team argued - requested steak, fried chicken, cherry Kool-Aid, and pecan pie.
    • Stephen Anderson. Stephen Anderson was put to death in California by lethal injection at the age of 49. He was sentenced to death for burglary, assault, seven counts of murder, and escaping from prison.
  1. Oct 1, 2024 · A death row inmate had a heartbreaking reason for not finishing his final meal before being executed. The death penalty remains a hugely debated topic in the US, where it is still legal in 27 of the 50 states. But the execution of Ricky Ray Rector in 1992 proved particularly contentious.

  2. Arthur Criswell Robert Martin. Date. March 21/24, 1981. Ricky Ray Rector (January 12, 1950 – January 24, 1992) was an American convicted murderer who was executed for the 1981 murder of police officer Robert Martin in Conway, Arkansas. After killing a man in a restaurant and fleeing, Rector spent three days on the run before he agreed to turn ...

  3. Jan 11, 2017 · What 17 death row inmates requested for their last meal. ... Ricky Ray Rector, 42 years old, Arkansas — two counts of murder, death by lethal injection in 1992 ... 49 years old, California ...

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  4. Jan 24, 2008 · The strange case of Ricky Ray Rector, executed by the state of Arkansas on Jan. 24, 1992, is what many observers of the death penalty system in the U.S. might call a trifecta. First, Rector was African American.

  5. Nov 5, 2016 · In the meantime, the records of the prison “death log” note Rector’s activity during the countdown to his execution: “6.46 AM: Inmate Rector began howling. 6.59 AM: Inmate Rector began dancing in his cell.” Soon after, Rector told a guard that “If you eat grass, lethal injection won’t kill you.”

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  7. May 3, 2024 · John Wayne Gacy. The notorious "Killer Clown," John Wayne Gacy, was put to death by lethal injection by the state of Illinois at the age of 52. His final meal request consisted of twelve fried shrimp, a bucket of original recipe Kentucky Fried Chicken, french fries, and a pound of fresh strawberries. Perhaps his love of the finger-lickin' good ...

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