May 09
An Inmate's Final Request
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This story is just steeped in tragedy, but there's a bit of a bright spot in it, which bears directly on our work and involves a generous PETA member. Last night, just hours before his execution by lethal injection, a Tennessee inmate named Philip Workman made an unusual request for his last meal: A vegetarian pizza to be delivered to a homeless person in Nashville. In an attack of what I can only describe as bureaucratic stinginess, the Tennessee prison charged with ending Mr. Workman's life denied his request, claiming that their "final meal" regulations didn't allow for charitable donations. Though he didn't live to hear the news that his request was eventually carried out, the good news is that it was—and tenfold—thanks to a PETA donor who was impressed by his act of charity, which explicitly sought to help humans without harming animals. As Ingrid Newkirk says,
"Workman's act was selfless, and kindness to all living beings is a virtue. PETA will be ordering not one but ten veggie pizzas to be delivered today to the closest homeless shelter to Riverbend."
Nothing like a few veggie pizzas to give a sad story a happy ending.
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