[Magdalen] Give me a break.

[Marion Thompson]

After 20 years on death row waiting to be killed, the least they could 
do is give him a couple of beers.  You'd think.

Marion, a pilgrim

On 11/18/2015 1:07 PM, M J _Mike_ Logsdon wrote:
> Worried about contraband, at this stage of the game?  Pathetic.
>
> *******
> Death row inmate not allowed beer for last meal
> >From Associated Press
> November 18, 2015 11:14 AM EST
>
> JACKSON, Ga. (AP) — A death row inmate's last meal request for a six pack of beer has been denied.
>
> The Georgia Department of Corrections said in a news release that Marcus Ray Johnson's request was denied because alcohol is a contraband item.
>
> Instead, Johnson will receive the same meal as other inmates — baked fish, cheese grits, dry mixed beans, cole slaw, cornbread, cookies and fruit punch — before his execution. He is scheduled to die at 7 p.m. Thursday.
>
> Johnson was convicted in the March 1994 rape and murder of Angela Sizemore, a woman he'd met in a south Georgia nightclub.
>
> Johnson's attorneys argue he shouldn't be executed because doubts remain about his guilt. Dougherty County District Attorney Greg Edwards says there is no doubt Johnson killed Sizemore.
>