India, June 22 -- Taylor Parker was denied her final meal after Texas stopped offering special last meals to death row inmates in 2011. The practice was stopped after an inmate ordered a lavish feast and refused to eat it. Inmates were previously allowed a final meal before their execution.

Lawrence Russell Brewer, who was handed a death sentence for the racially motivated murder of James Byrd Jr, was put to death in September, being offered a final meal before his execution. The 44-year-old ordered a lavish banquet, consisting of chicken steaks, fried okra with ketchup, and a cheese omelette with ground beef, jalapenos and bell peppers as well as a 'riple-meat bacon cheeseburger, three fajitas, one pound of barbecue and a half loaf of w...