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A series of “special meals” recreated by photographer Henry Hargreaves.

Snapped from the point of view of the prisoner, the images illustrate the final moments of those sentenced to death in a manner far more vivid than words that can read like a shopping list.

For those that will never taste freedom again, the last meal is supposed to symbolise the condemned making peace with those responsible for their death.

The custom has been cancelled in Texas however, following last year’s request by Lawrence Russell Brewer for an enormous meal that included two fried chicken steaks with gravy and sliced onions, a triple bacon cheeseburger, a cheese omelette (with ground beef, tomatoes, onions, bell peppers and jalapeños), fried okra, a pound of barbecued meat with half a loaf of white bread, three fajitas, a pizza (topped with pepperoni, ham, beef, bacon and sausage), a pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream, a slab of peanut butter fudge and three root beers – none of which he consumed.

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