Click here to go to the Texas Department of Justice website – –
Or, read the last words of three others who were executed in Luke 23:39-42.
I wonder what my last words will be.
“Teach us to number our days (Psalm 90:12).
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Clare Cameron selected some of the “last words” for a recent article for the New York Times:
Last week, reports of executions — one postponed in Ohio, one carried out in Texas — punctuated the news more frequently than usual. These reports prompted me to reflect on an archive of executed prisoners’ last words I found on the Texas Department of Criminal Justice Web site while researching parole terms. The archive’s earliest entry dates from Dec. 7, 1982; the most recent was added after Stephen Moody was executed on Wednesday by lethal injection for murder.Go ahead?
Nothing I can say can change the past.
I done lost my voice.
I would like to say goodbye.
My heart goes is going ba bump ba bump ba bump.
Is the mike on?
I don’t have anything to say. I am just sorry about what I did.
I am nervous and it is hard to put my thoughts together. Sometimes you don’t know what to say.
Man, there is a lot of people there.
Read the rest here.
Thanks for posting this, Chris. Wow, daunting to read what people would say right before they know they will die. It is encouraging to see those that seem to have become believers while being in prison.
Wow. Thank you for sharing. Very interesting. I wonder how many came to christ during their time??
Brittney, I wondered the same thing. I pray that many came to him. There seemed to be a number who professed faith.
One thing that struck me when reading this is how thankful we should be for the chaplains who serve those on death row. Clearly, a number of them mentioned their chaplains.
This post is very timely with the John Allen Mohammed (DC Sniper) being executed last night at 9:11 pm in VA. I remember having nightmares back in October of 2002, afraid of walking to the bus stop and filling up my gas tank. I knew that God is sovereign; however Mohammed’s choice to put a geographical area in fear was startling.
I’m still processing on how I feel about what happen night, and quite honestly I prayed that God would have mercy on his soul. Many lives were affected because of his actions, and God is sovereign over that as well.
Very interesting indeed! I read some of the last words you linked to the Texas Dept. of Justice and decided to scroll down to #1 and oh my! It just stopped me and I could hardly believe what he said, praising Allah 🙁