US death row inmate not allowed beer for last meal

[webfact]

Death row inmate not allowed beer for last meal

JACKSON, Georgia (AP) — A death row inmate's last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied.

The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that Marcus Ray Johnson's request was denied because alcohol is a contraband item.

Instead, Johnson will receive the same meal as other inmates — baked fish, cheese grits, dry mixed beans, cole slaw, cornbread, cookies and fruit punch — before his execution. He is scheduled to die at 7 p.m. Thursday.

Johnson was convicted in the March 1994 rape and murder of Angela Sizemore, a woman he'd met in a south Georgia nightclub.

Johnson's attorneys argue he shouldn't be executed because doubts remain about his guilt. Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says there is no doubt Johnson killed Sizemore.


-- (c) Associated Press 2015-11-19

[Seastallion]

Oh, the inhumanity! My heart bleeds for the poor man.

NOT!

[ezzra]

You know why? because it a felony to drink and die.....

Edited November 19, 2015 by ezzra

[khwaibah]

He can have Billy Beer. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Beer

[OMGImInPattaya]

I don't get the whole"last meal"thing anyway...it should be whatever the standard prison meal is for that day.

[steve down under]

I seem to remember seeing articles in the press about death row inmates being refused cigarettes on their last day because " Smoking is bad for your health !" considering the next morning they are going to be injected with a lethal overdose why the heck would they give a toss whether the person smokes a few cigs !

[Mosha]

Perhaps the prison is in a dry county?

[Linky]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

[Steely Dan]

He was no doubt dying for a pint.

[Thongkorn]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

It could kill him , alcohol poisoning.

[Srikcir]

I don't get the whole"last meal"thing anyway...it should be whatever the standard prison meal is for that day.

Johnson will receive the same meal as other inmates

[Srikcir]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

It could kill him , alcohol poisoning.

Georgia uses lethal injection. Having alcohol in the bloodstream might create complications.

[Credo]

Complications? Like what? Death.

[ggt]

The guards had a party planned after the inmate's demise...they did not want to waste the beer on a dead man...

[hawker9000]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

Stupid. A man about to be executed isn't exactly being rewarded for meritorious service to humanity. Why the heck does he deserve special privileges?? Beer, cigarettes? Really? How 'bout a few strippers and a little party??

They should make him spend his last few hours cleaning out the cell he's vacating...

With a toothbrush...

Edited November 19, 2015 by hawker9000

[Nuddy]

Why is it on the news?

[TheKnave]

Just like in the movies.

Just before the bad guy is about to inject the hero with some gruesome poison, he is careful to clear the syringe and needle of air bubbles...

[jacko45k]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

It could kill him , alcohol poisoning.

Georgia uses lethal injection. Having alcohol in the bloodstream might create complications.

And complications have been all too frequent......

[hugh2121]

Another legalised murder after, it seems, 21 years of being tortured by incarceration on death row. Yuk!

[webfact]

Georgia executes man convicted in 1994 slaying
KATE BRUMBACK, Associated Press

ATLANTA (AP) — A man convicted of killing a woman he met at a Georgia nightclub was executed Thursday after losing a last-minute round of appeals.

Full story: http://www.thaivisa.com/forum/topic/872231-georgia-executes-man-convicted-in-1994-slaying/

[hawker9000]

Another legalised murder after, it seems, 21 years of being tortured by incarceration on death row. Yuk!

You mean, society rid of another vicious predator after 21 years of mostly self-initiated appeals. And how's burning your own kids to death for "yuk"?! 'Guess child murder victims don't count for much in your world.

Yes, I know. Nothing will bring back those kids. And that's more than sad. Nothing will bring back that executed murderer either. Not so sad...

Edited November 20, 2015 by hawker9000

[h90]

is it too unhealthy?

No culture this Americans

[Truth4All]

Stupid. A man about to be executed should be allowed a couple of beers. Hardly going to hurt him.

Stupid. A man about to be executed isn't exactly being rewarded for meritorious service to humanity. Why the heck does he deserve special privileges?? Beer, cigarettes? Really? How 'bout a few strippers and a little party??

They should make him spend his last few hours cleaning out the cell he's vacating...

With a toothbrush...

You are crass and inhuman!

[hugh2121]

Another legalised murder after, it seems, 21 years of being tortured by incarceration on death row. Yuk!

You mean, society rid of another vicious predator after 21 years of mostly self-initiated appeals. And how's burning your own kids to death for "yuk"?! 'Guess child murder victims don't count for much in your world.

Yes, I know. Nothing will bring back those kids. And that's more than sad. Nothing will bring back that executed murderer either. Not so sad...

I would agree that what he did was atrocious and deserving of severe punishment. However, in my opinion, no inhuman law maker has the right to terminate the life of anybody. Much less to torture them first. Do you really believe that no innocent people have been murdered by the American "justice" system? How naïve you must be.

[RKASA]

To trust the state in judgement of ones wrong is bad enough and this is why we have juries in the first place to do that part - with or without mistakes they might make. To then allow the same state to kill a person already held in confinement and no longer able to harm others in the general public is just simply not necessary at all, and what about the possible mistakes part again.

The time and expense of lawyers and the fame these people get after conviction cost far more then just keeping them in the prison which is a real punishment and not a cheap ticket out. They should be working to produce goods for needy and disabled people at low cost all the time knowing this is all there is left of their life. This will also off set the cost of their cage and meals - waste not - want not.

[camble]

They should bury him with a 6 pack. He's going to need some cold beer where he's going.

[vogie]

Complications? Like what? Death.

At the very least, an upset stomache!

[hawker9000]

Complications? Like what? Death.

At the very least, an upset stomache!

I think I'd like to know a little bit more about these "complications". Maybe a few beers wouldn't be such a bad idea after all. I just might have to change my position on this...

[slipperylobster]

the only buzz this con is going to get is from the "chair"

[h90]

They should bury him with a 6 pack. He's going to need some cold beer where he's going.

he is not going nowhere.....so better give me the 6 pack