Posted on 10/10/2008 7:17:27 AM PDT by Justice Department
Cincinnati, OH (AHN) - The Ohio Supreme Court and the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals have ruled against staying the execution of an inmate because he is obese. The two courts upheld an earlier ruling of the U.S. The double murder convict argued that lethal injection might not be properly administered to him and might be painful and slow because his physical condition will make it difficult to find a vein where the lethal drug will be injected.
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No problem — we’ll just send in the liposuction guy, and after all the fat is gone, Cooey will just automatically die, because we have to have some fat to live. /sarc
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