Duty was to be the first US prisoner whose execution included the use of the sedative pentobarbital, commonly used to euthanise animals. Duty's last meal request was for a double cheeseburger with mayonnaise, a foot-long hot dog with cheese, mustard and onions, a cherry limeade, and a banana shake. (16 December 2010)
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Tuesday 8th of August 1950 (-) — SS-Sturmbannführer and commandant of Fort Breendonk Philipp Schmitt is executed by the firing squad. Schmitt was the only German Nazi to be executed in Belgium.