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Ohio Inmate Claims He's Too Fat to Be Executed
FOXNews.com ^
| Monday, August 04, 2008
| Associated Press
Posted on 08/04/2008 5:58:14 PM PDT by metmom
COLUMBUS, Ohio A death row inmate scheduled for execution in October says he's so fat that Ohio executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.
Lawyers for Richard Cooey argue in a federal lawsuit that Cooey had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and that the problem has been worsened by weight gain.
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TOPICS: Crime/Corruption; Culture/Society; News/Current Events; US: Ohio
KEYWORDS: alreadyposted; deathpenalty; deathrow; obesity
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To: metmom
As far as I'm concerned lethal injection is far to humane for any capital crime, the electric chair was nice but nothing beats a good old lynch mob for lowlifes like this. Be it high voltage or a short rope and a tall tree being fat just does not make any difference at all and both are far more humane than what his victims received.
To: Justeggsactly
The more I read about guys like this, the more the *eye-for-an-eye* kind of justice doesn’t look so barbaric.
These creeps get off far too easy; certainly far easier than their victims.
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posted on
08/04/2008 6:33:52 PM PDT
by
metmom
(Welfare was never meant to be a career choice.)
To: All
You know there are 10 weeks until Oct. I bet putting him o a balanced 1000 calorie a day diet we could probably get him down 20 pounds easy, make him walk and that could be 40#!
To: 41Thunder; metmom
I would prefer to see him take a 9mm to the back of the head. It's quick, lethal and quite easy on the wallet. About 35 cents a round if I remember correctly. A plastic bag over his head would be even cheaper.
To: metmom
Would Monsieur Cooey care for an after dinner mint? It’s wafer thin.
To: chris_bdba
We can easily use the femoral artery, scum like this just find excuses for their pathetic existence
46
posted on
08/04/2008 6:42:15 PM PDT
by
claymax
(Where is our new Joe McCarthy at now???)
To: metmom
47
posted on
08/04/2008 6:45:58 PM PDT
by
2dogjoe
(Have a Blessed Day)
To: metmom
I was working in Akron at the time the crime occurred.I remember the trial and the families of the victims.Just kill that SOB and be done with it.
48
posted on
08/04/2008 6:50:02 PM PDT
by
Farmer Dean
(168 grains of instant conflict resolution)
To: metmom
Oh for pete’s sake. Here, I’ll solve the problem. Give me a gun and a cheeseburger.
To: metmom
Let’s go through your other options... hanging... shooting... taking away your chocolates...
50
posted on
08/04/2008 6:51:17 PM PDT
by
John123
(Obambi said that he has been in 57 states. I will now light myself on fire...)
To: metmom
" "All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," she said."Who are these experts who have pronounced suffocation and cardiac arrest "excruciating"? Without the painkiller that's what causes death. Unpleasant maybe but excruciating? Literally as painful as crucifixion?
Really?
51
posted on
08/04/2008 6:55:20 PM PDT
by
muir_redwoods
(Free Sirhan Sirhan, after all, the bastard who killed Mary Jo Kopechne is walking around free)
To: metmom
Sorry, I don’t care if he suffers, his victims did suffered.
Just do it!!!
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posted on
08/04/2008 7:04:32 PM PDT
by
sibb1213
To: metmom
Trouble finding his veins? If he needed medical help for something, I bet he’s thrust his arm out to get whatever he needed!
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posted on
08/04/2008 7:09:39 PM PDT
by
Exit148
(Founder of the Loose Change Club. Every nickle and dime counts!!)
To: metmom
Is he too fat to be shot or electrocuted?
54
posted on
08/04/2008 7:19:09 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: A_Former_Democrat
According to those who were in favor of starving Terri Shiavo to death, it’s a wonderful way to die.
55
posted on
08/04/2008 7:20:15 PM PDT
by
Blood of Tyrants
(G-d is not a Republican. But Satan is definitely a Democrat.)
To: A_Former_Democrat
Exactly. Have him stop eating right now so that he’ll be more “fit” for his date with the needle.
I’m bettin’ that he’s been porkin’ up as much as possible just so that he could make this claim.
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posted on
08/04/2008 7:21:54 PM PDT
by
bannie
To: metmom
I think he did it on purpose. He has no other real Life’s Goal at this point, does he? What a wuss. He can deal it to others but cannot take it. Now he’s whining. uck. Good riddance.
57
posted on
08/04/2008 7:34:33 PM PDT
by
bboop
(Stealth Tutor)
To: metmom
A death row inmate scheduled for execution in October says he's so fat that Ohio executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.Well, there's always the firing squad. The 30-06 is a versatile caliber...
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posted on
08/04/2008 7:34:41 PM PDT
by
meyer
(...by any means necessary.)
To: Arthur Wildfire! March
Yes, it’s the “Darwin Tactic” -Survival of the Fattest
To: D Rider
“40 grains of lead injected behind the ear should do the trick.”
Yup. A .22 at close range (i.e., an inch or two from the skull) is a vicious little round once it gets into the brain. Kind of zigs and zags and does a number on brain tissue.
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posted on
08/04/2008 7:39:38 PM PDT
by
ought-six
( Multiculturalism is national suicide, and political correctness is the cyanide capsule.)
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