| "You can be a king or a street sweeper, but everybody dances with the Grim Reaper." Robert Alton Harris (gassed April 21, 1992) "I'd like to thank my family for loving me and taking care of me. And the rest of the world can kiss my ass." Johnny Frank Garrett (injected February 11, 1992) "Remember, the death penalty is murder" Robert Drew (executed 8/2/94) "Capital punishment -- Them without the capital get the punishment." John Spenkelink (Electrocuted 5/25/79) "Commute me or execute me. Don't drag it out." Jesse Bishop (gassed October 22, 1979) "Yeah, I think I'd rather be fishing" Jimmy Glass (electrocuted June 12, 1987) "I'm sorry for what I done. I deserve it. I hope Jesus forgives me. I'm tingling all over." Jeffrey Barney (executed 4/16/86) "That's it. Let's go." Johnny Taylor Jr. (electrocuted February 29, 1984) "I look stretched out like a cooked goose" Robert Black (executed 5/22/92) "I'm an African warrior born to breathe and born to die" Carl Kelly (executed 8/20/93) "See ya" Warren Bridge (executed 11/22/94) "Let's do it." Gary Gilmore (shot January 17, 1977) "I guess nobody is going to call" Edward Earl Johnson (gassed May 20, 1987) "Lock and load. Let's do it, man." G.W. Green (injected November 12, 1991) "Don't feel bad, Mama. I deserve this." Charles Bass (executed 3/12/86) Well, gentlemen, you are about to see a baked Appel. Executed in electric chair in New York. ~~ George Appel, d. 1928 You are going to hurt me, please don't hurt me, just one more moment, I beg you! Guillotined. ~~ Madame du Barry, mistress of Louis XV, d. 1793 I am going to be face to face with Jesus now. . . . I love you all very much. I will see you all when you get there. . . . I will wait for you. Executed by injection, Texas. ~~ Karla Faye Tucker Brown, d. February 3, 1998 Take a step forward, lads. It will be easier that way. Executed by firing squad. ~~ Erskine Childers, Irish patriot, d. November 24, 1922 |
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