Here’s What 18 Killer’s Last Meal On Death Row Looked Like

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Velma Barfield

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Margie Velma Barfield was convicted of killing Rowland Stuart Taylor by arsenic poisoning in 1978. Post-conviction, Barfield confessed to killing her mother Lillian as well as 3 other elderly patients she had been working as a caretaker for. Barfield would poison her victims with arsenic based rat poison and claim to be nursing them back to health. During her stay on death row, Barfield became a devout Christian. She spent her time in prison ministering to other prisoners and received acclaim from several televangelists, including Billy Graham. She was the first women to be executed by lethal injection in 1984.

Velma Barfield’s last meal consisted of a bag of Cheez Doodles and a 12 oz. can of Coke.

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Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

Trace the scars life has left you. It will remind you that at one point, you fought for something. You believed.

“You are the only person who gets to decide if you are happy or not—do not put your happiness into the hands of other people. Do not make it contingent on their acceptance of you or their feelings for you. At the end of the day, it doesn’t matter if someone dislikes you or if someone doesn’t want to be with you. All that matters is that you are happy with the person you are becoming. All that matters is that you like yourself, that you are proud of what you are putting out into the world. You are in charge of your joy, of your worth. You get to be your own validation. Please don’t ever forget that.” — Bianca Sparacino

Excerpted from The Strength In Our Scars by Bianca Sparacino.

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