Ohio inmate says he's too obese for execution

Assoc. Press ^ | 09/17/2012 | ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS

[Responsibility2nd]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying his weight could lead to a "torturous and lingering death."

Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, said his weight, vein access, scar tissue and other medical problems raise the likelihood his executioners would encounter severe problems. He's also so big that the execution gurney might not hold him, lawyers for Post said in federal court papers filed Friday.

"Indeed, given his unique physical and medical condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," the filing said.

Post, 53, is scheduled to die Jan. 16 for the 1983 shooting death of Helen Vantz in Elyria.

[GeronL]

30 years???

jeesh

[Myrddin]

A tablespoon of sodium cyanide in his Coke will get the job quickly.

[Bryanw92]

Call an EOD team and blow him up in place.

[JimRed]

Hang him, with a cable hawser, the kind they moor ships with. If it tears his miserable head off, it won’t matter.

[lurk]

Put him on a stair stepper. He’s gone in 4 minutes.

[Graewoulf]

Duh, is this guy to big to execute?

[wetgundog]

Too bad they don’t use “old Sparky” in Ohio.

Smells like Fried Chicken, or is Pork??!!

[JCBreckenridge]

“an execution involving a torturous and lingering death,” the filing said.”

I wonder why he didn’t extend similar mercies to the person he killed?

[The Sons of Liberty]

Hook him up to Old Sparky and fry him till the fat runs off.

[mongo141]

FK him! A 45acp 230gr FMJ to the back of the head will work every time and and he will be dead before the slide goes back into battery. I will supply the cartridge if necessary.

[Menehune56]

"Indeed, given his unique physical and medical condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," the filing said.

And the problem is?

[bimboeruption]

They euthanize elephants with no problem whatsoever, don’t they?

[Marcella]

Question: He’s been in prison 30 years - don’t they control the amount of food a person gets?

He was obviously walking when he killed the hotel clerk. Suppose he could have been in a wheelchair when he did that, but not likely, and certainly he wasn’t 400 lbs. then as he wouldn’t have fit in a wheelchair.

Being too fat to kill - is that like being too big to fail, like the banks?

He didn’t think the hotel clerk was too thin or too fat or too normal to die, so give him a big slug of chemicals in his vein and keep running it in there until he dies.

AND, why is he still living 30 yrs. after sentenced to death??

[Jimmy4Toes]

He should be pardoned.

[Marcella]

“Too bad they don’t use “old Sparky” in Ohio.”

Old Sparky in Texas is in the prison museum.

[Jonty30]

Just hang him.

The head will come off clean.

[Puckster]

That would take a lot of explosives....might raise him and inch or so.....only.

[RichInOC]

Play Moon Pie Frisbee with him as long as it takes.

[headstamp 2]

There shouldn’t be too much fat behind his ear for a bullet to go through.

[Responsibility2nd]

You lose your sarc tag?

/S