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Murderer who killed his 73-year-old neighbor asks for a huge 5,000 calorie last meal before his execution on Tuesday - after his request to be killed by firing squad was denied

A man set to be executed on Tuesday requested a huge last meal after asking for death by firing squad instead of lethal injection.

Atlanta death row inmate J.W. 'Boy' Ledford Jr, 45, convicted in the January 1992 stabbing death of his 73-year-old neighbor, Dr Harry Johnston, near his home in Murray County in northwest Georgia, argued that his scheduled death by lethal injection will cause unconstitutional suffering. He says execution by firing squad is preferable.

He is scheduled for execution at 7pm on Tuesday at Georgia Diagnostic and Classification Prison in Jackson, Georgia.

For his final meal, Ledford requested filet mignon wrapped in bacon with pepper jack cheese, large french fries, 10 chicken tenders with sauce, fried pork chops, a blooming onion, pecan pie with vanilla ice cream, sherbet and a Sprite, according to WGLC.

Ledford made the request for his last meal Friday after his lawyers filed a federal lawsuit that said Ledford suffers from chronic nerve pain that has been treated with increasing doses of the drug gabapentin for more than a decade.