Texas executes killer of mom, 3 others

[edbermac]

"HUNTSVILLE, Texas (Reuters) -- A man convicted of killing his mother and three other people in a dispute over money was put to death by lethal injection Thursday in a Texas prison.

Dennis Bagwell, 41, was the third person executed this year in the state, which leads the nation in carrying out capital punishment.

He was condemned for killing his mother, Leona McBee, 47, and three others in her mobile home near Stockdale, south of San Antonio, on September 20, 1995."

http://www.cnn.com/2005/LAW/02/17/texas.execution.reut/index.html

What caught my eye was this part of the story...

"For his last meal, Bagwell requested a beefsteak with A1 sauce, six pieces of fried chicken, barbecued ribs, two hamburgers, a pound of fried bacon, a dozen scrambled eggs, french fries, onion rings, salad with ranch dressing, peach cobbler, ice tea, milk and coffee."

Too bad for him it was by lethal injection, not the electric chair...he wouldn't have fit...

[Not_Giving_Up]

1. Why eat healthy when you know you're not waking up soon anyway?

I guess that was his philosophy!

[elperromagico]

2. In Florida, they brought in a new electric chair

especially for the execution of an obese prisoner.

Don't doubt for a second that Texas would do the same if they used electrocution.

[PartyPooper]

3. What? He didn't order an appetizer?

:D

:hi:

[MrSlayer]

4. Good riddance.

They should have given at least half of that food to a homeless shelter, he certainly didn't need it.

[Swede]

5. I find state sanctioned murder repugnant.

If we judge someone else for premeditated murder and then commit the same act -- albeit with society's aid and blessing -- what does that say about that society?