What Notorious Criminals Ate Before They Were Executed

In 2011, Texas decided to do away with its long tradition of allowing death row inmates to request a final last meal. 

That's too bad. 

While it's common for condemned prisoners not to be served what they ask for— due to budget or other culinary restrictions — there are still many outlandish requests.

From buckets of fried chicken to pints of chocolate chip ice cream, here's what a few of the nation's infamous criminals asked to chow down on before they were sent to the death chamber.  

Timothy McVeigh: two pints of mint chocolate chip ice cream

Timothy McVeigh was put to death by lethal injection in Indiana on June 11, 2001, for the 1995 Oklahoma City bombing that killed 168 people and injured hundreds more.  

The mass murderer requested two pints of Ben & Jerry's mint chocolate chip ice cream for his final meal, which he ate in a windowless 9-by-14-foot holding cell the night before he was executed.  

Victor Feguer: a single, unpitted olive

Convicted for the murder of Dr. Edward Bartles, Victor Feguer was executed by hanging on March 15, 1963, in Iowa.

Feguer chose a single olive with a pit for his last meal. He reportedly said he hoped the tree that symbolizes peace would sprout from his grave. The olive pit was found in his suit pocket when he was buried.  

Aileen Carol Wuornos: a cup of coffee

Serial killer and prostitute Aileen Carol Wuornos was executed by lethal injection on Oct. 9, 2002, for the murder of seven men in Florida.

Wuornos declined a special last meal and was instead served a cup of coffee. 

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