REMARKABLE LAST WORDS FROM CONDEMNED CRIMINALS

“LET’S DO IT!”

GARY GILMORE, EXECUTED BY

FIRING SQUAD IN 1977 FOR MURDER

“YOU CAN BE A KING OR A STREET SWEEPER,

BUT EVERYBODY DANCES WITH THE GRIM REAPER.”

ROBERT ALTON HARRIS, EXECUTED BY

GAS CHAMBER IN 1992 FOR MURDER

“THERE’S A CHEMICAL TASTE IN MY MOUTH.

I’M GOING. I’M GOING. I’M GOING.”,

KENNETH HOGAN, EXECUTED BY

LETHAL INJECTION IN 2014 FOR MURDER

“WELL, I HOPE PERCY AIN’T GOING TO WET THE

SPONGE. PUT ME ON THE HIGHWAY TO

JACKSON AND CALL MY IRISH BUDDIES.

POG MO THOIN. GOD BLESS.”

ROBERT GLEASON JR, EXECUTED BY

ELECTRIC CHAIR IN 2013 FOR MURDER

“I LOVE MY FAMILY. POTATO, POTATO, POTATO.”

ROBERT CHARLES TOWERY, EXECUTED BY

LETHAL INJECTION IN 2012 FOR MURDER

“I WOULD LIKE TO REMIND MY CHILDREN ONCE AGAIN

I LOVE THEM. EVERYTHING IS OK. I LOVE YOU ALL

AND I LOVE MY CHILDREN. I AM AT PEACE. IT DOES

KIND OF BURN. GOODBYE, GOODBYE.”

JOSE VILLEGAS, EXECUTED BY

LETHAL INJECTION IN 2014 FOR MURDER

“JESUS, REMEMBER THE SINNERS.”

JOHN MAREK, EXECUTED BY

LETHAL INJECTION IN 2009 FOR MURDER

“HOW’S THIS FOR YOUR HEADLINE? ‘FRENCH FRIES'”.

JAMES FRENCH, EXECUTED BY

ELECTRIC CHAIR IN 1966 FOR MURDER