(NewsNation) — The South Carolina inmate who died by the rare execution method of firing squad this week requested a last meal of KFC to share with his death row neighbors, but prison officials nixed the idea, his attorney says.
Instead, convicted murderer Brad Sigmon was served his own meal of Southern comfort food, according to the South Carolina Department of Corrections. It consisted of four pieces of fried chicken, green beans, mashed potatoes with gravy, biscuits, cheesecake and sweet tea, officials said.
If Sigmon had his way, he would have shared three buckets of the original recipe KFC with his fellow death row inmates, attorney Gerald “Bo” Hunt said in a prepared statement.
“That request was denied,” he said.
His final meal was served Wednesday evening, two days before Sigmon’s execution. In the interim, he ate cafeteria fare, a corrections department spokesperson said. She said she could not confirm the information about the request for buckets of chicken.
On Friday evening, Sigmon was restrained in a chair with a hood over his head and a target on his heart. A trio of volunteer marksmen fired simultaneously at 6 p.m. Columbia, S.C., time, and the inmate was pronounced dead three minutes later, witnesses and officials said.
The 67-year-old inmate was convicted of fatally beating David and Gladys Larke, the parents of his ex-girlfriend, in 2001. Sigmon kidnapped his ex-girlfriend at gunpoint with the intent of committing a murder-suicide, but she managed to escape.
According to a last statement read at his execution, Sigmon called for an end to capital punishment, saying it’s not supported by the New Testament.
