That's what happened to Micheal Ross this year. He dropped his appeals because he wanted to be executed because he believed he deserved it. That's why his case became a huge uproar because many started arguing that executing him would be state-assisted suicide, including his lawyers. His execution happened in May, but it was supposed to be in January if not for the state assisted suicide issue. He had been on death row for 17 years already. These are the kinds of messes you get with our system of capital punishment.