Artist Julie Green stumbled upon these morbid menus in her morning paper when she lived in Oklahoma, which has the country’s highest per-capita execution rate. Over her tea and toast one day, Green read of a final request for “three fried chicken thighs, 10 or 15 shrimp, tater tots with ketchup, two slices of pecan pie, strawberry ice cream, honey and biscuits and a Coke.” The simple plea for a final moment of comfort through food prompted her to take action.
More than a decade later, Green has painted 519 of these meals on blue-on-white porcelain plates in her award-winningchef-d’oeuvre, The Last Supper
FILM: At the Death House Door
Source: NPR
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