On the day he was scheduled to be executed, Williams had the opportunity to pick a specific thing he wanted to eat — a last meal — a tradition extended to many death row inmates in the U.S. The Last Meal Project showcases what some famous prisoners on death row ate before their execution. Some prisoners choose an array of things for their final meal; some go all out and request a lot of food, some don't eat at all, and others might go for something simple.
For Williams, his last meal was oatmeal and milk, per the website. He died by lethal injection on December 13, 2005 at the age of 51.
After his execution, only one other person would be executed on California's death row just over a month after Williams in January 2006, according to the California Department of Corrections and Rehabilitation (CDCR). Since then no executions have taken place in the state, and as of 2019 a moratorium on the death penalty was signed by Gov. Gavin Newsom, per the CDCR.