17 Death Row Requests You Won't Believe Were Made

By Tom Butler / October 23, 2018

13. Philip Ray Workman

The murder trial of Philip Ray Workman was highly controversial, as several experts claimed that the bullet that killed a police officer could not have come from Workman's weapon. Despite this, Workman was convicted and executed by the state of Tennessee in 2007.

Before his execution, Workman requested that his final meal be a large vegetarian pizza, to be given to a homeless person. Officials denied the request, Workman refused to eat anything, and people throughout the country began a campaign to give vegetarian pizzas to the homeless in Workman's honour.