Debunked claim about Texas prisoner ordering a child for last meal among 2014 reader hits

 Texas

The debunkists at Snopes.com beat us to finding invalid — not so — web posts suggesting a Texas man awaiting death by injection requested a child for his last meal.

The disproved tale is that Doug Stephener — described as a convicted murderer and cannibal — asked Texas authorities for a child no older than age 8 for his last meal before his execution.

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Need more? Hie to our third-most read story of 2014.