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To Honor a Killer’s Last Request—Or Not?

To Honor a Killer’s Last Request—Or Not?
A view of the death chamber from the witness room at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility shows an electric chair and gurney in Lucasville, Ohio, on Aug. 29, 2001. Mike Simons/Getty Images
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A medium-rare rib-eye steak, a baked potato with butter and sour cream, an iceberg lettuce salad, garlic bread, and lemon meringue pie for dessert. That was the last meal ordered up by serial killer Oscar Bolin right before the state of Florida executed him.

Diane Dimond
Diane Dimond
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Diane Dimond is an author and investigative journalist.
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