Philip Workman
His final request was shockingly selfless, despite Workman’s condition. He asked guards to give every homeless person a pizza outside his Tennessee prison. But the staff refused his bid. People across the country responded by sending hundreds of pizzas to state-wide homeless shelters to honor the convicted man’s last wishes.
Marion Albert Pruett
Georgian prison murderer Marion Albert Pruett’s 1979 testimony was used in the Witness Protection Program. Two years later, along with a cross-assault, he killed his wife. Pruett killed a total of five men, including three workers, and reportedly was responsible for the 1979 murder. For his actions in 1999, he was executed.