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The last meals of executed criminals

Every prisoner waiting to be executed is granted a last meal. Prisoners waiting to die choose their last meal for different reasons. Some choose from past memories, while others feast on what they crave at the moment. Such fascinating details surrounding the final hours before being put to death are a matter of public record and are the inspiration for this series of photographs by photographer Jonathon Kambouris titled “The Last Meals Project.” Look at them all here. (via)

The Last Meals ProjectThe Last Meals Project

FBI 10 Most Wanted List

FBI — Ten Most Wanted

FBI — Ten Most Wanted

On this date in 1950, the FBI unveiled the first ’10 Most Wanted List.’ Knowing that the public could be vital in helping them solve crimes, it was created to build awareness of the bureau’s most challenging cases.  See them all here.

Fast Facts:

  • Nearly 500 fugitives have appeared on the list over the last 60 years.
  • Serial killers Andrew Cunanan and Ted Bundy as well as James Earl Ray have been on the list.
  • Osama Bin Laden and James ‘Whitey’ Bulger are currently on the list.
  • FBI asks all fifty-six field offices to submit candidates for inclusion on the list. Criteria: Must have a lengthy record and current pending charges that make him or her particularly dangerous.
  • The only way to get off the list is to die or to be captured.
  • Only eight women have appeared on the Ten Most Wanted list.