Hey this is the fat bastid Gunther was angry at!

smileyman · 10-09-2008, 05:58 PM

I had the other execution wrong. This was the guy who appealled the lethal injection by being to fat...

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/09/....ap/index.html

Ohio inmate's too-fat-to-execute argument fails Story Highlights
Richard Cooey, 41, scheduled for execution Tuesday

Ohio's Supreme Court rejects argument he's too obese for injection

Attorneys argued prison food, limited exercise made him fat

Cooey's execution could be first in state since moratorium

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The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection.

Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.

Justices on Thursday gave the go-ahead to execute Richard Cooey.

The 41-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing two University of Akron students in 1986.

He would be the first person to be put to death in the state since the end of a de facto moratorium on lethal injection.

Cooey's attorneys had argued that prison food and limited opportunities to exercise contributed to a weight problem that would make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection.

Cooey is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 267 pounds.

10-09-2008, 05:58 PM	#1
smileyman White Trash Hero Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: NW Arkansas Moto: Buell 1125R Porco Rosso Edition Posts: 4,895	Hey this is the fat bastid Gunther was angry at! I had the other execution wrong. This was the guy who appealled the lethal injection by being to fat... http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/10/09/....ap/index.html Ohio inmate's too-fat-to-execute argument fails Story Highlights Richard Cooey, 41, scheduled for execution Tuesday Ohio's Supreme Court rejects argument he's too obese for injection Attorneys argued prison food, limited exercise made him fat Cooey's execution could be first in state since moratorium Next Article in Crime » The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection. Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday. Justices on Thursday gave the go-ahead to execute Richard Cooey. The 41-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing two University of Akron students in 1986. He would be the first person to be put to death in the state since the end of a de facto moratorium on lethal injection. Cooey's attorneys had argued that prison food and limited opportunities to exercise contributed to a weight problem that would make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection. Cooey is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 267 pounds. __________________ Arkriders.com To be the best you must first be willing to risk the worst!