The only female inmate on death row in Georgia has submitted a lengthy list for her last meal ahead of her execution later this month by lethal injection on February 25.
46-year-old Kelly
Renee Gissendaner (pictured above), will become the first woman to be executed in
seven decades. However, she wants it to be a mega last meal as has
requested a "meal of cornbread with a side of buttermilk; two
Burger King Whoppers with cheese; two large orders of fries; cherry
vanilla ice cream; popcorn; a salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell
peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and Newman's Own buttermilk dressing;
and lemonade."
GISSENDANER'S LAST MENU
- Cornbread with a side of buttermilk
- Two Burger King Whoppers with cheese
- Two large orders of fries
- Cherry vanilla ice cream
- Popcorn
- Salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and Newman's Own buttermilk dressing
- Lemonade
According to Daily Mail report, The feast
will be consumed in the hours leading up to her execution at the Georgia
Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.
A rough estimate shows that the food contains more than 4,200 calories.
Gissendaner
was convicted of killing her husband in February 1997. She was
sentenced to death in November 1998 after she was found guilty for
persuading her boyfriend to kill her husband, Douglas Gissendaner.
Gissendaner,
who is incarcerated at Arrendale State Prison, is the only woman of 84
inmates facing the death penalty in the state, figures showed from a
report by Georgia's Department of Corrections last year. She is set to
be the 14th woman executed in Georgia since 1735, AJC reports
continue.....
In 1997, she
was convicted of having her husband killed by her boyfriend Gregory
Bruce Owen, her co-defendant who she was having an affair with at the
time.
She told his sister she was planning to separate from her husband, according to prosecutors.
Owen
suggested that Gissendaner divorce her husband, but she instead said to
kill him because she did not expect Douglas to leave her alone after
they were separated.
Gissendaner's boyfriend followed her orders to kill Douglas while she was out at a nightclub with friends.
Owen
kidnapped Douglas, drove him to a remote area, and killed him by
stabbing him in the neck and back repeatedly and beat him with a
nightstick. Douglas's car was also burned with kerosene, according to 11Alive.
They also stole his watch and wedding ring to make robbery look like the motive in his death.
Owen was sentenced to life in prison, instead of facing the death penalty, after he testified against Gissendaner.
In the state of Georgia, the last time a woman was executed occurred in 1945.
Lena Baker was electrocuted in March of that year after she was convicted of murder for shooting her boss.
In 2005, the state pardoned her after agreeing with her family that she acted in self defense.
Under Georgia law, only three offenses are punishable by death - murder, rape and kidnapping.
Via: Daily Mail/AJC/11Alive
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