The plus side to being plus sized.

[R13]

COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) -- A death row inmate scheduled for execution says he's too fat to be put to death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.
Death row inmate Richard Cooey says executioners would have trouble finding his veins to lethally inject him.

Death row inmate Richard Cooey says executioners would have trouble finding his veins to lethally inject him.

Lawyers for Richard Cooey argue in a federal lawsuit that Cooey -- 5-feet-7 and 267 pounds -- had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and the problem has been worsened by weight gain.

The lawsuit, filed Friday in federal court, also says prison officials have had difficulty drawing blood from Cooey for medical procedures.

Cooey, 41, is sentenced to die for raping and murdering two young women in 1986. His execution is scheduled for October 14.

His attorneys say a drug he is taking for migraine headaches could affect the execution process. The drug Topamax, a type of seizure medication, may have created a resistance to thiopental, the drug used to put inmates to sleep before two other lethal drugs are administered, Dr. Mark Heath, a physician hired by the Ohio Public Defender's Office, said in documents filed with the court.

Heath says Cooey's weight, combined with the potential drug resistance, increases the risk he would not be properly anesthetized.

"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey's public defender, Kelly Culshaw Schneider, said Monday.

Prison system spokeswoman Andrea Carson and Jim Gravelle, a spokesman for the Ohio Attorney General's Office, both said Monday they hadn't seen the lawsuit and couldn't comment.

Last year, Carson cited the obesity of condemned inmate Christopher Newton as one of the reasons prison officials had difficulty accessing his veins before his execution. Newton was 6 feet tall and weighed 265 pounds.

Two years ago, convicted killer Jeffrey Lundgren was put to death after a federal appeals court rejected his claim that he was at greater risk of experiencing pain and suffering because he was overweight and diabetic.

http://www.cnn.com/2008/CRIME/08/04/....ap/index.html

[MikeJones]

Be funny if they just shot the bastard instead.

[duckmeat]

they should get kevin spacey to feed the fat bastard to death...

[buckeye_fan]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MikeJones</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Be funny if they just shot the bastard instead.</div></div>

I agree.
Screw this lethal injection stuff. If he didn't want to die he shouldn't have raped the girls.

[Unchained]

Lethal injections are a joke. This piece of crap didn't care about making his victim's deaths painless. Stringing him up would be nice.

[neutral88]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: lpdbuckeye</div><div class="ubbcode-body"><div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: MikeJones</div><div class="ubbcode-body">Be funny if they just shot the bastard instead.</div></div>

I agree.
Screw this lethal injection stuff. If he didn't want to die he shouldn't have raped the girls. </div></div>

I say when a man is found guilty, then sentenced to death, they should stand him up, walk him to a special r, and BOOM!!!

[sup-rbeast]

Like in China..lol...I know it sucks to have to fund housing of killers, etc...but that's just how our system is set up...and I think it would only get worse if we strung them up like ID says, cuz once the noose pops the head off of one of the fat boys, we'll be payin for leagal challenges and even more suits...it's a no win situation.

[Unchained]

Yeah,we'd all be paying,but you have to admit,it would be a blast to see [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/grin.gif[/img] (Delaware still has hanging as an option btw)
I think it is wild that China bills the families of the executed for the ammo used. Like you say,it is a no-win situation either way,but I think setting up eecutions on PPV (you know folks would pay out the arse to see them) would help offset some costs,and you'd get the show to boot [img]/LDPforum/ubbthreads/images/%%GRAEMLIN_URL%%/wink.gif[/img]

[UTVols2]

<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: raider13</div><div class="ubbcode-body">"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey's public defender, Kelly Culshaw Schneider, said Monday.</div></div>

Well who gives a rats ass, he raped and murdered two girls, it should only be fitting that it hurt a little.

Take his fat arse up to the top of whatever prison he is in and push him over the ledge and watch him burst like a water balloon. Then have the other inmates clean up the mess because that is what they get for being in there too.