A Condemned Prisoners Final Meal

[phtlc]

OK, from what I recall in the late 2000's the US started limiting the money to be spent on a condemned prisoners final meal, claiming it was excessive. Really? When one looks at the cost of executing a prisoner (from sentencing to the sentence being carried out) you're sweating the final meal? I am not what you would call soft on crime, but really? As a civilized society we cannot let a person we are about to strap down and kill have their favorite meal? Even for me this feels petty.

 

[YDB95]

There were limits prior to then. I remember when Timothy McVeigh was executed, there was an article on speculation on his last meal which mentioned that it would have to be something readily available within a certain radius of the prison, and there was a cost limit. I think it was $25; I remember discussing with some friends how many Denny's Grand Slams that could get him. (In the event, he opted for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.)

 

[phtlc]

There were limits prior to then. I remember when Timothy McVeigh was executed, there was an article on speculation on his last meal which mentioned that it would have to be something readily available within a certain radius of the prison, and there was a cost limit. I think it was $25; I remember discussing with some friends how many Denny's Grand Slams that could get him. (In the event, he opted for two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream.)

McVeigh was a piece of garbage, but to me the final meal says something about us as a society.

 

[Chernosoth]

Any food at all for someone who will be dead in an hour may become too expensive for prisons with tight budgets, unless poison is the method of execution.

 

[Bray123]

When prisons are operated for profit and more prisoners = more profit, does killing prisoners mean less profit, or should they take a commission on the cost of the final meal?