Last Meal for Woman on Death Row: Cheeseburgers, Fries, Salad

Condemned murder Kelly Renee Gissendaner, the Auburn, Ga. woman sentenced to die Feb. 25, made her last-meal request this week, the Georgia Department of Corrections released

The agency said Gissendaner requested a last meal that included: cornbread, side of buttermilk, two cheeseburgers, two large orders of french fries, cherry vanilla ice cream, popcorn, salad with boiled eggs, tomatoes, bell peppers, onions, carrots, cheese and buttermilk dressing and lemonade.

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Gissendaner was convicted in 1998 for planning the murder of her husband, Douglas Gissendaner, in Gwinnett County. His body was found in a wooded area off Luke Edwards Road near Dacula; he was beaten and stabbed to death by Kelly Gissendaner’s boyfriend.

Gissendaner is scheduled to be executed by lethal injection at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 25 at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson.

A clemency hearing with the State Board of Pardons and Paroles is scheduled Feb. 24.

Media witnesses for the execution are: Kate Brumback, The Associated Press; Rhonda Cook, Atlanta Journal Constitution; Craig “Tyler” Estep, Gwinnett Daily Post; Tony Thomas, WSB-TV; and Scott Light, CBS46.

Gissendaner is currently the only woman on Georgia’s death row. If executed, she will be the first female to be executed by the state in 70 years, and the 35th inmate to be executed by lethal injection.

There have been 57 men executed in Georgia since the U.S. Supreme Court reinstated the death penalty in 1973.

There are currently 81 men on death row, the department of corrections said.

(Photo: Kelly Renee Gissendaner; Georgia Dept. of Corrections)