The Murderer’s Last Meal: The Final Meals of Seven Infamous Killers
8 min readJan 29, 2022
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The United States is not alone in its use of capital punishment. According to Amnesty International, 53 countries still offer capital punishment, while 18 countries allowed executions in 2020.
Even so, the details of a prisoner’s last meal have become a peculiarly American institution. Details are reported in newspapers with as much breathless…