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Texas ends special meals for condemned prisoners
Texas officials scrapped last meal choices for death row inmates after Sen. John Whitmire urged an end to the practice following Lawrence Brewer's execution. Brewer requested a large, varied final meal but ate none of it. The change makes inmates receive the standard prison meal.
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Houston
Texas
Lawrence Russell Brewer
James Byrd Jr
John Whitmire
Senate Criminal Justice Committee
Brad Livingston
Texas Department of Criminal Justice
Livingston
Houston Democrat
Associated Press
Byrd
Whitmire
Florida
Department of Corrections
K. William Hayes
Greece
China
Rome
Hayes
Death Penalty Information Center
State Correction Agency
Brewer
Cleve Foster
US S. Supreme Court
Death Row
Huntsville
Steven Woods
Old Sparky