"I AM A PRODUCT OF YOUR CREATION. I RESPONDED AS PROGRAMMED....YOU SEEM TO THINK THAT EXECUTING CRIMINALS IS THE ANSWER, BUT AN OVERHAULING OF OUR ENTIRE SOCIETY IS THE REAL ANSWER. NO MATTER HOW STERILIZED AND SANITIZED YOU MAKE THIS EXECUTION, IT IS STILL MURDER.....YOU ARE AS MUCH GUILTY AS I AM AND WILL BE HELD ACCOUNTABLE ONE DAY": WILLIAM BOYD TUCKER, GEORGIA, 5/29/87.

BRITISH CITIZEN NICHOLAS LEE INGRAM DIDN'T UTTER A WORD AS HE SAT IN GEORGIA'S ELECTRIC CHAIR ON 4/7/95, BUT WHEN ASKED IF HE HAD A FINAL STATEMENT, HE SPAT AT THE PRISON WARDEN.

HERNANDO WILLIAMS ALSO SHOWED HIS CONTEMPT FOR THE SYSTEM WITH ACTIONS RATHER THAN WORDS: HE PUT ONE FINGER UP TO THE WITNESSES AS HE LAY STRAPPED ON THE GUERNEY IN ILLINOIS, 3/22/95.

"I'D LIKE TO THANK MY FAMILY FOR LOVING ME AND TAKING CARE OF ME....AND THE REST OF THE WORLD CAN KISS MY ASS": JOHNNY FRANK GARRETT, TEXAS, 2/11/92.

"I JUST WANT TO SAY, HOW YOU'RE GOING TO KILL A MAN WHEN A MAN IS WILLING TO DIE? REMEMBER, WALLACE WASN'T WILLING TO DIE.....LET'S ROLL.": THOMAS LEE ROYAL JR. VA 11/9/99