William Sallie ate a pepperoni pizza and chicken wings
On the bed he was strapped to before a deadly combination of drugs coarsed through his veins, he delivered his final words.“
I just want to say I’m very, very sorry for my crimes. I really am sorry,” he said, adding that he had prayed for forgiveness many times.“
I’m just very sorry for everything.”
Only the state of Texas doesn’t allow prisoners to pick their last meal
Sallie, 50, who shot and killed John Lee Moore in rural south Georgia in March, 1990, became the 19th person executed in America in 2016.
His execution made headlines because Georgia broke its own state record for executions in a single calendar year.
But it was the details of how Sallie spent his final moments that grabbed people’s attention. The last meals and the final words are part of a tradition maintained in most US states, but Texas abolished meal requests this year.
For those who were given the chance to make a final request this year, this is how they chose to use it.