Wiping meat off of all inmates' plates could help killers lose their taste for blood. The idea was suggested by friends of Friedrich, who grew up just 15 minutes from the Federal Building in Oklahoma City.
Nonviolence begins at the table.
This would send a powerful and respectful message. PETA's letter to Warden Lappin follows. Now that the federal prison system offers a vegetarian meal plan, Mr. McVeigh should not be allowed to take even one more life. In fact, wiping meat off of all inmates' plates could help killers lose their taste for blood. As you know, many violent criminals, including Jeffrey Dahmer, started out as animal abusers, and it's been found that all serial killers have a background history of torturing animals.