|
Post by Californian on Mar 28, 2007 8:20:03 GMT -6
(What a surprise!) Condemned inmate gives up hunger strike[/size] By ROSANNA RUIZ Copyright 2007 Houston Chronicle A condemned man from Houston gave up his six-week hunger strike Monday when he ate carrot cake and a sandwich given to him by a visitor, a prison spokeswoman said. Convicted murderer Roy Lee Pippin, 51, had vowed not to eat until his scheduled execution Thursday to call attention to what he said are deplorable conditions on Texas' death row. He had been drinking only water since Feb. 19. On Monday, he allowed a visitor to buy snacks for him from a vending machine and was seen downing the food, said Michelle Lyons, a spokeswoman for the Texas Department of Criminal Justice. Visitors, she said, are allowed to bring in $20 worth of coins to buy inmates food. A guard then passes the food to the inmates so that contraband cannot be smuggled into the unit. "He didn't say why he gave up the hunger strike," Lyons said. A Web site dedicated to Pippin's case had not been updated late Monday with word of his discontinued hunger strike. ( ) Pippin, part of a Colombian drug ring, was sentenced to die for the 1994 kidnapping and shooting deaths of Miami cousins Elmer and Fabio Buitrago. The cousins and two others were kidnapped and taken to Pippin's southwest Houston air-conditioning service warehouse to be interrogated about $2 million in missing drug money. Three later were found dead. The fourth managed to escape. During a recent interview from death row, Pippin said he had lost 49 pounds during his strike, but prison officials said his actual weight loss was 28 pounds. Among his complaints, Pippin said the guards treat inmates inhumanely, prison meal portions are too small, and inmates are forced to spend most of their days confined to their cells after work programs were eliminated. (The heart bleeds ) Pippin had promised he would put up a struggle with prison guards sent to escort him to the execution chamber, although he questioned what kind of shape he would be in after his hunger strike. (my money's on "dead.")
|
|
|
Post by Rev. Agave on Mar 28, 2007 8:27:05 GMT -6
But he was soooo close! How could he disappoint all his "fans" like this
|
|
|
Post by Californian on Mar 28, 2007 8:40:16 GMT -6
But he was soooo close! How could he disappoint all his "fans" like this (Maxwell Smart voice) "Missed it by that much!" ;D
|
|
|
Post by PIP on Mar 28, 2007 13:22:33 GMT -6
Too bad. I was hoping he would starve to death... Oh well, guess we will just have to hit the vein.
|
|
|
Post by spur on Mar 28, 2007 15:05:15 GMT -6
I guarantee this clown was getting food fished to him by the inmates on the Pod..... plus if he wants to fight the tie down team more power to him. Let him go out the coward he is and with an empty stomach.... them he wont shyt on himself when his body relaxes after they throw the juice to him.
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2007 16:45:49 GMT -6
probably didnt want to miss out on his final feast...cant believe this loser complained about the food portions, what a pig!
|
|
Deleted
Deleted Member
Posts: 0
|
Post by Deleted on Mar 28, 2007 21:10:39 GMT -6
I forget who it was who said it but they were right.
"All you gotta do is wave a steak in front of this guy and he'd snap." Or in this case a sandwhich and a piece of carrot cake...
|
|
|
Post by Elric of Melnibone on Mar 29, 2007 11:27:31 GMT -6
Somehow, I am not surprised. What a scumbag...
|
|
|
Post by angelicalewis on Mar 29, 2007 14:57:05 GMT -6
I guarantee this clown was getting food fished to him by the inmates on the Pod..... plus if he wants to fight the tie down team more power to him. Let him go out the coward he is and with an empty stomach.... them he wont shyt on himself when his body relaxes after they throw the juice to him. Agreed. Less of a mess for the guards and medical examiner to clean up.
|
|
|
Post by Californian on Mar 29, 2007 15:06:54 GMT -6
It appears his hunger strike will end permanently at 6 PM tonight Texas time. The SCOTUS just turned down his last appeal.
|
|