53137441 In Texas, sentenced to death banned choose "last supper "
Texas authorities have banned the death row to choose the food for the last meal. According to Associated Press, is now before the execution was convicted would receive the same food that is given to ordinary prisoners. A similar decision was made after September 21 was executed Lawrence Brewer (Lawrence Brewer), who was convicted of killing blacks for racial reasons, did for his last supper imposing order, and after his desire was satisfied, refused to eat. Brewer ordered two chicken steak, a triple cheeseburger with bacon, scrambled eggs with cheese, three portions of fajitas, grilled surrounded, one pound of ice cream and pizza with meat. The act led to Brewer, one of the state senator, John Uitmayer, demanded that the Department of Criminal Justice to abolish the right of prisoners to choose the last supper. In response, the Department issued a formal statement in which the claim of Uitmayera. The tradition of providing condemned to death by his choice of dinner was known in ancient Greece and ancient Rome. Currently, the provision of food for the last meal at the discretion of the prisoner is practiced in most U.S. states, and the features and limitations of such a dinner vary from state to state. Thus, the total value of Florida dinner should not exceed 40 dollars, and the Louisiana portion of the meal is paid for out of pocket warden. In Texas, previously had no financial restrictions for the last supper, but the prisoners to choose their own only the food, preparation of which was possible in the prison canteen. Texas holds first place in the United States by the number of executions in the state is to be executed about a third of all such sentences in the country.
