A convicted killer had a 'basic' last meal before he became the oldest person to be executed in US history.
Bigler Stouffer, 79, did not request a last meal but was served a chicken burger, two slices of bread, chips, broccoli, mixed fruit, two biscuits, a fruit drink and one bottle of water.
He was given the meal on Wednesday evening, the night before his execution.
Stouffler was put to death on Thursday by lethal injection despite pleas for his clemency over concerns regarding Oklahoma’s last two botched executions.
The convicted murderer, convicted in 1985, was given a lethal injection around 10am at the State Penitentiary in McAlester. He was pronounced dead 16 minutes later.
According to witnesses Stouffer was seen laughing and joking with his spiritual advisor before uttering his final words.
He said: “My request is that my Father forgive them. Thank you.”
Stouffer was the first person killed by Oklahoma since John Grant convulsed on the gurney and vomited during his lethal injection in October as the state ended a six-year execution moratorium brought on by concerns over its protocols.
The pensioner had maintained his innocence over the 1985 attack that left schoolteacher Linda Reaves dead and her boyfriend, Doug Ivens, seriously injured.
Stouffer was convicted and sentenced to death in 2003 after his first conviction and death sentence were overturned.
At a parole board hearing last month, he said Ivens was shot as the two men fought over a gun at Ivens’ home, and that Reaves was dead when he arrived.
“I am totally innocent of the murder of Linda Reaves and my heart goes out to the family of Linda Reaves that have suffered as a result of her murder,” Stouffer told the board during a video appearance from prison.
Despite being shot three times with a .38-caliber pistol, including once in the face, Ivens survived and testified against Stouffer.
