Death row inmate pulls out eye then eats it

[EraOfResponsibility]

Texas death row inmate pulls out eye, eats it
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By MICHAEL GRACZYK, Associated Press Writer – 51 mins ago

AP – Texas death row inmate Andre Thomas is shown in this undated handout file photo released Friday, Jan. …
HOUSTON – A Texas death row inmate with a history of mental problems pulled out his only good eye and told authorities he ate it. Andre Thomas, 25, was arrested for the fatal stabbings of his estranged wife, their young son and her 13-month-old daughter in March 2004. Their hearts also had been ripped out. He was convicted and condemned for the infant's death.
While in the Grayson County Jail in Sherman, Thomas plucked out his right eye before his trial later in 2004. A judge subsequently ruled he was competent to stand trial.
A death-row officer at the Polunsky Unit of the Texas Department of Criminal Justice found Thomas in his cell with blood on his face and took him to the infirmary.
""Thomas said he pulled out his eye and subsequently ingested it," agency spokesman Jason Clark said Friday.
Thomas was treated at East Texas Medical Center in Tyler after the Dec. 9 incident. Then he was transferred and remains at the Jester Unit, a prison psychiatric facility near Richmond southwest of Houston.

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[KamaAina]

1. Eye. The other white meat.

:puke:

Aren't you glad Texas stopped publishing their death row inmates' choice of last meal? (Seriesly, they used to!) This one would have to have been marked "eyes only"... :evilgrin:

edit: spelling (tried to eyeball it :P )

[EraOfResponsibility]

2. He's watching what he eats

hehe :evilgrin:

[Shell Beau]

4. It was bound to happen.

That joke, that is!!

:P

[Deja Q]

10. I did NOT see that coming!

:wow:

Oh, was his eye blue, green, hazel, or albino?

[Critters2]

13. Mike! nt

[Shell Beau]

3. He sounds competent all right!

[kentauros]

5. Here's the DU thread

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=180x55740

I'm arguing with a Texas-basher at the moment ;)

[Pierre.Suave]

6. Wow

either he really is crazy, or he is really motivated to pretend he is...

[kentauros]

7. I'd say he probably is, but I'm not a psychiatrist.

The truly crazy run for and hold office in our fine state :P

[Pierre.Suave]

12. maybe

I dont know, maybe he really doesnt want to die, or maybe the waiting to die made him go crazy, who knows.

I am also not a psychiatrist.

[Critters2]

14. Ours, too! They hold really entertaining press conferences! nt

[Dr. Strange]

8. We sometimes have Lounge threads about what people would pick for their final meal.

I don't think body parts has ever been a choice.

[BeachBaby]

9. Okay. There is SOOOOO much I could read into this statement....

but I won't. :P

[Pierre.Suave]

11. I know what you are thinking

and it is tops on my list for sure...

:rofl:

[Dr. Strange]

24. I have no idea what you're talking about.

No idea at all. Nope, not a one.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

15. He just did not see eye-to-eye

with the warden?

[rug]

16. Here he is.

[Orrex]

17. Which eye did he swallow?

[rug]

19. His left eye.

He already had pulled out his right eye.

[Orrex]

20. And here I thought he was just flirting with me

:blush:

[undeterred]

28. That's a before and after picture.

After the first eye but before the second.

[Orrex]

18. On the plus side, he's up for a key role in the prison's performance of The Odyssey

;)

[JVS]

21. This was his last eye. He pulled the other one out a few years ago. No cyclops role for him

[Orrex]

22. See? Now that's what I call poor planning.

[mitchum]

25. Well, there's always "The Miracle Worker"

[JVS]

26. I'm thinking more along the lines of Oedipus Rex

[mitchum]

29. That was also my first thought, but saying "The Miracle Worker" is funnier...

in a dark way.
And for me, "funny" and "dark" are always synonymous :)

[mitchum]

23. I guess he will have to settle for his second choice of pizza for that last meal thing

[undeterred]

27. Problem is you can only do that a couple of times...

and then you run out.