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"I am sorry, I never wanted to kill your family. I never wanted to kill your family or these people. I am sorry for the way I talk in English. I did it to myself"

Yosvanis Valle, most recently executed prisoner on Texas death row

"Carlos was my friend. I didn't murder him. What is happening right now is an injustice. This doesn't solve anything. This will not bring back Carlos"

Reginald Blanton, executed in Texas last month for the murder of Carlos Garza

"Hoka hey, it's a good day to die. Thank you very much. I love you all. Goodbye"

Clarence Ray Allen, convicted of three murders in 1982 and executed in California in 2006 at the age of 76.

"Somebody needs to kill my attorney"

George Harris, executed in Missouri in 2000 for murder

"There is no way words can express how sorry I am for taking the lives of my babies. Now I can be with my babies, as I always intended"

Christina Marie Riggs, executed in Arkansas in 2000 for killing her two children in a failed murder-suicide

"I would suggest that when a person has a thought of doing anything serious against the law, that before they did, that they should go to a quiet place and think about it seriously"

William George Bonin, executed by California in 1996 for 14 murders, but thought to have killed up to 36 people.

"Jane, you know damn well I did not molest that kid of yours. You are murdering me and I feel sorry for you. Get in church and get saved. I really don't know what else to tell you"

William Chappell, executed in Texas in 2002 for killing three of his ex-girlfriend's family after she testified against him in an indecency trial

"It was done out of fear, stupidity and immaturity. It wasn't until I got locked up and saw the newspaper; I saw his face and smile and I realised I had killed a good man"

Johnathan Moore, executed in Texas in 2007 for the murder of a police officer

"Please tell the media, I did not get my SpaghettiO's, I got spaghetti. I want the press to know"

Thomas Grasso, executed in Oklahoma in 1995 for murder

"All right, warden, let's give them what they want"

Melvin White, executed in Texas in 2005, for the sexual assault and murder of a nine-year-old girl