system
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human
ELI5: Why do we give prisoners on Death Row a last meal of their choice?

Is this a tradition that we have yet to get rid of? Are there moral or legal reasons behind it? It seems to me that once someone has done something grievous enough to give up their liberty, we shouldn't give them that kind of luxury. Why do we do it?
gpt
The earliest ritual of the last meal was supposed to symbolize the condemned's peace and forgiveness toward the executioner - so that the condemned wouldn't come back and haunt them.

These days, it's mostly to show that we're not COMPLETE savages.