The Night His Lights Went Out In Georgia

Tuesday night, Robert Dale Conklin was executed in Jackson, GA by lethal injection for the killing, dismembering, and disposing (with nine trash bags) of his boyfriend in 1984. It's too bad, because the guy has some pretty good taste in food and took well to higher education. Some interesting facts to chew on:

"Prior to the execution, Conklin ate all of his last meal, which included filet mignon wrapped with bacon; de-veined shrimp sautéed in garlic butter with lemon; baked potato with butter, sour cream, chives and real bacon bits; corn on the cob; asparagus with hollandaise sauce; French bread with butter; goat cheese; cantaloupe; apple pie; vanilla bean ice cream and iced tea, according to the corrections department."

"Conklin, then a 23-year-old fast-food manager on parole for burglary and armed robbery, first met Crooks at an interstate rest stop."

"Each of the four jurors also cited Conklin’s good behavior as an inmate, and his academic achievements during his incarceration. Also provided were documents verifying Conklin’s Bachelor of Arts degree from Western Illinois University, which he obtained in 1998."

Man executed for grisly killing of boyfriend in Ga. [Southern Voice]