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Any last requests? Yes, says death row inmate. Turn me into fish food
by Tina Kells | September 5, 2008 at 08:54 am
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Texas death-row inmate Gene Hathorn's final request is one for the record books. Easily one of the strangest final request ever made, Hathorn has asked that his post-execution body be turned into fish food.
Hathorn, 47, who was convicted of killing his father, stepmother and stepbrother in 1985, has given his consent to Marco Evaristti to use his body as an "art installation" that contributes to a wider project on capital punishment. Mr Evaristti, 45, a Chilean-born artist who lives in Denmark, said he would first deep-freeze Hathorn's body and then turn it into fish food which visitors at the exhibition could feed to a shoal of goldfish.
What ever happened to sensible final requests; like a steak and lobster dinner, or absolution from a priest?
September 5, 2008 at 08:54 am by Tina Kells, 304 views, 8 comments
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at 08:57 on September 5th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff.
LOL makes me wonder what that one inmate who says he's too fat to execute is going to ask for as his last wish
at 08:58 on September 5th, 2008
Indeed! What is the world coming to???
at 09:36 on September 5th, 2008
No probalem...
at 09:44 on September 5th, 2008
poor fish...
at 11:51 on September 5th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff. The world is full of piranhas, so perhaps it is an existential comment.
at 12:12 on September 5th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff. What if the fish throw him back?
at 13:03 on September 5th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff.
at 13:18 on September 5th, 2008
Tina Kells, I like this story. It's good stuff and environmental too!