Man on death row has execution delayed after eating 5,000-calorie final meal

A death row inmate had eaten a feast of takeaway food in preparation for his imminent execution only to be told minutes before his lethal injection that his death would be stayed by 37 days.

Richard Glossip had been convicted of the 1997 killing of the owner of the Oklahoma City motel he managed and has only recently lost his appeal to the Oklahoma Supreme Court against his execution.

Mr Glossip has consistently maintained his innocence throughout and has widespread support for his cause due a perceived lack of evidence.

His final meal of roughly 5,000 calories consisted of a medium double bacon double cheese pizza from Pizza Hut, Fish n Chips from Long John Silvers, a baconator from Wendy’s and a strawberry malt also from Wendy’s

A medium double bacon and double cheese pizza from Pizza Hut (Picture: Pizza Hut)

His reaction to the stay of execution ordered by Oklahoma goveor Mary Fallin was simply: ‘That’s just crazy.’ Glossip has now been retued to a normal cell where he is ‘happy to have 37 more days’.

Numerous famous people have joined his campaign for redemption such as actress Susan Sarandon and death penalty opponent Sister Helen Prejean.

A representative for Pope Francis has asked Goveor Fallin to commute the death sentence.

fish n’ chips from Long John Silvers (Picture: Long John Silvers)

Virgin founder Richard Branson took out a full-page advert in The Oklahoman newspaper urging the state to stop the planned execution of Glossip, saying there is a ‘breathtaking’ lack of evidence in the case.

A spokesman for Govenor Fallin said the state department of corrections reached out immediately to the attoey general’s office once it realised it did not have the proper drugs for the planned execution of Glossip.

Spokesman Alex Weintz said the department gets the lethal drugs on the day of the execution, and prison officials did not realise they had potassium acetate instead of potassium chloride until they were delivered.

Anti-death penalty activists, including members of rally outside the U.S. Supreme Court in a final attempt to prevent the execution of Oklahoma inmate Richard Glossip (Picture: Getty Images)