Ronnie Lee Gardner
Gardner’s last meal arrived with an unexpected order. He asked if he could watch a movie, Lord of the Rings while eating lobster tail and steak, vanilla ice cream, apple pie, and 7UP though he decided to go fasting for 36 hours a day and a half before execution.
Odell Barnes
In 1989, Odell Barnes, a convicted thief and rapist, obtained a death sentence for Helen Bass’s murder. But he preserved his innocence until his last breath, and in the first trial, a second defense team found several issues. He received worldwide recognition from France’s anti-death penalty campaigners, earning $16,000 to finance his defense. However, court judges refused to consider new evidence, and Barnes was executed by lethal injection in 2000.