Last Words of Death Row Inmates

For this series, I worked with a data set from kaggle.com that contained all of the statistics and last words of individuals who were executed on death row in Texas from 1982 to 2017. After reading through the final words of 565 inmates, I felt compelled to create a fully typographic driven series of three posters highlighting the frequency of love, remorse, and religion. The numbers are as follows: remorse was spoken about 552 times, religion 570 times and love 2262 times. Final dimensions: 3ft x 4ft

"I just want to tell my Mom that I am sorry that I caused her so much pain and my family and stuff. I love them and I hurt for the the fact that they are going to be hurting. I really hate that; and that I'm hoping they are going to be O.K."

- William Burns, 43

"Yes sir. I would like to thank God for all the blessings He has given me. And I pray that through His mercy, He will allow me into His grace. And to the family of Ms. Ayers, I would like to apologize for all the pain and suffering and that God gives you closure. And I pray that He blesses you. And to my family, know that I love every single one of you and pray that God gives you peace and strength. I may not be with you in the physical, but by grace, my heart will be with you all and I know God loves every one of you all. "

- Kenneth Bruce, 32

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