A condemned prisoner's last meal is a customary ritual preceding execution.
Sometimes, a prisoner asks to share the last meal with another inmate (as Francis Crowley did with John Resko in 1932) or has the meal distributed among other inmates (as requested by Raymond Fernandez in 1951).
[3] In Florida, the food for the last meal must be purchased locally and the cost is limited to $40.
[6] However, in September 2011, the state of Texas abolished all special meal requests after condemned prisoner Lawrence Russell Brewer requested a large and expensive last meal, but did not eat any of it, stating that he was not hungry.
[7][8][5][9] Since then, the prisoner's last meal is whatever is being served in the Huntsville Unit cafeteria on the day of execution.