'Last Supper' Exhibit Explores Death Penalty Through 500 Plates
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010713platestexas01.jpgJulie Green
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010713platestex22.jpgOctober 2001 1 bag of assorted Jolly Ranchers.
Julie Green
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010713platesny14.jpgA pack of Pall Malls.
Julie Green
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010713platesmt16.jpgMontana 16 February 1917 One apple. The local newspaper said inmate requested the fruit, stating “Misstah Sherrif, Ah’ve got a bad taste in my mouf this mawnin.”
Julie Green
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010713platesin14.jpgGerman ravioli and chicken dumplings prepared by his mother and prison dietary staff.
Julie Green
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010713platesin05.jpgPizza and birthday cake shared with 15 family and friends. A prison official said "He told us he never had a birthday cake so we ordered a birthday cake for him."
Julie Green
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010713platesva31.jpgVirginia 31 July 1986 Requested seafood.
Julie Green
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010713platestexas30.jpgTexas 30 March 2010 None.
Julie Green
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010713platestexas23.jpgTexas 23 July 2008 No final meal request.
Julie Green
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010713platestexas21.jpgTwo chicken-fried steaks, one pound of barbecued meat, a triple-patty bacon cheeseburger, a meat-lover's pizza, three fajitas, an omelet, a bowl of okra, one pint of Blue Bell Ice Cream, some peanut-butter fudge with crushed peanuts and three root beers (after inmate didn’t eat any of this meal, Texas ends final meal request option).
Julie Green
Artist Julie Green has painted over 500 "last meals" over the past 13 years. You can see many of them at a new exhibit opening this week in Corvallis. It’s called Julie Green: The Last Supper.
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OSU Professor Explores Death Penalty Through 'Last Supper' Plates
