5 Convicted Criminals Who Cheated Death
Being executed is a horrible way to die. However, it is the way we have been getting rid of criminals for centuries. Once in a rare while, these executions go wrong and the convicted criminal gets to walk away free. Is it an act of God or did someone screw up? That can be for you to decide with these following five cases of criminals who cheated death.
Categories: Crime and Punishment Tags: convicted criminal, death penalty, death sentence, electric chair, firing squad, hanging, lethal injection, stoning
Five Last Meals Of Convicted Criminals
This week, Texas decided to take away a prisoner's last meal after convicted murderer Lawrence Russell Brewer ordered a large dinner as his last meal and then refused to eat it. Lawmakers said "enough is enough" and have cancelled this tradition from the Texas death row. Do you think this is right? Should prisoners sentenced to death be given a last meal? Almost all societies, all the way back to ancient Greece and Rome, offer their prisoners a last meal. In Middle Age Europe, the last meal was thought of as a peace offering from the judge, jury, and executioner to the condemned person. By giving them one last meal, they felt that the ghost of the person would not haunt them. Additionally, a large last meal (combined with lots of alcohol) often calms the condemned person's nerves before being executed - which, in turn, makes it easier for justice to be carried out. Throughout the years, there have been some odd choices for last meals. Here are five of them. Read more...
