1 9 9 9 , ▁Par s ons ▁abandoned ▁a ▁federal ▁appeal ▁of ▁his ▁sentence ▁to ▁the ▁U . S . ▁ 1 0 th ▁Circ uit ▁Court ▁of ▁App e als , ▁stating ▁that ▁he ▁preferred ▁execution ▁than ▁waiting ▁for ▁years ▁on ▁death ▁row . ▁He ▁compla ined ▁that ▁he ▁was ▁b ored ▁in ▁prison , ▁which ▁he ▁called ▁" t ort ure , ▁plain ▁and ▁simple ." ▁The ▁last ▁visit ▁Par s ons ▁had ▁received ▁was ▁two ▁hours ▁with ▁his ▁mother ▁in ▁ 1 9 9 6 . ▁On ▁August ▁ 1 6 , ▁ 1 9 9 9 , ▁District ▁Judge ▁Philip ▁E ves ▁signed ▁a ▁death ▁war rant ▁and ▁scheduled ▁Par s ons ' ▁execution ▁for ▁October ▁ 1 5 . ▁ ▁Exec ution ▁ ▁Par s ons ▁submitted ▁a ▁last ▁request ▁to ▁walk ▁under ▁the ▁stars , ▁play ▁basketball , ▁and ▁watch ▁science - f iction ▁films ▁to ▁prison ▁w arden ▁H ank ▁G alet ka . ▁Par s ons ▁also ▁asked ▁for ▁his ▁remains ▁to ▁be ▁cre m ated ▁and ▁turned ▁over ▁to ▁his ▁family . ▁Pr ison ▁sp ok esp erson ▁Jack ▁Ford ▁said ▁that ▁the ▁requests ▁would ▁be ▁granted , ▁but ▁that ▁Par s ons ▁would ▁only ▁be ▁allowed ▁to ▁shoot ▁some ▁ho ops ▁in ▁a ▁f enced ▁recre ation ▁area ▁instead ▁of ▁a ▁game ▁of ▁basketball ▁in ▁the ▁prison ▁g ymnasium . ▁The ▁authorities ▁were ▁concerned ▁that ▁an ▁injury ▁could ▁delay ▁the ▁execution . ▁Par s ons ▁was ▁permitted ▁to ▁walk ▁out do ors