too fat to die ?

[neko]

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer on Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.

 

Richard Cooey, 41, died at 10:28 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, said Jim Gravelle, a spokesman with state attorney general's office.

 

There were no immediate reports of difficulties finding suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that has delayed previous executions in the state.

 

Mr. Cooey's lawyers had argued that his weight problem would make it difficult for prison staff to access a vein. A prisons spokeswoman said Mr. Cooey received a pre-execution exam early Tuesday and was cleared.

 

Mr. Cooey, who killed two University of Akron students in 1986, walked into the death chamber at 10:15 a.m. wearing gray pants and was strapped onto the gurney.

 

“You (expletive) haven't paid any attention to anything I've said in the last 22 1/2 years, why would anyone pay any attention to anything I've had to say now,” Mr. Cooey said looking at the ceiling. He made no other comment.

 

Mr. Cooey tapped the fingers of his left hand several times before he died and his face took on a purple shade.

 

Six family members of one of his victims watched the execution. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said the family was disappointed that Mr. Cooey was vulgar and hateful at the end.

 

He was the first inmate executed in Ohio in more than a year, and the state's first since the end of the unofficial moratorium on executions that began last year while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Kentucky's lethal injection procedure.

 

Mr. Cooey made an earlier trip to the death house. But a U.S. District Court judge intervened hours before his scheduled execution in July 2003 when the Ohio Public Defender's office said it needed more time to assess the case after an appeals court dismissed his previous attorneys for inadequate representation.

 

Mr. Cooey and a co-defendant were convicted in the sexual assaults and slayings of University of Akron students Dawn McCreery, 20, and Wendy Offredo, 21, in September 1986. His co-defendant was 17 and was sentenced to life in prison because of his age.

 

The state has now executed 27 inmates since 1999, when Ohio renewed executions after more than three decades.

[captainharris]

“You (expletive) haven't paid any attention to anything I've said in the last 22 1/2 years, why would anyone pay any attention to anything I've had to say now,” Mr. Cooey said looking at the ceiling. He made no other comment.

Mr. Cooey tapped the fingers of his left hand several times before he died and his face took on a purple shade.

 

Six family members of one of his victims watched the execution. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said the family was disappointed that Mr. Cooey was vulgar and hateful at the end.

 

 

Aki?

[Scott_M]

Should have given the fact fuck the chair. He'd have gone up like a firework.

[Fugitive]

Should have given the fact fuck the chair. He'd have gone up like a firework.

 

The smell of fried Bacon would have lingered for Months.

 

They could have fed him to the Homeless.

[She Knows It]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

[Spy Bee]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

 

Glandular? Big boned?

[neko]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

 

lack of exercise ?

[neko]

you know - if you like that story, you'll love this link.....

 

texas department of justice (death row)

 

Death Row Home Page

 

complete history of all offenders on death row (does not make for nice reading)

 

i used to love looking at the last meal requests (since removed). the ones who regret their actions usually order something simple. the really nasty ones order 6 litres of ice cream and 50 doughnuts.

 

you can still see their vital stats and their last statements.

[Fugitive]

ust saw this last statement on the above site:

 

Uh, I don't know, Um, I don't know what to say. I don't know. (pauses) I didn't know anybody was there. Howdy.

ha Edited October 14, 2008 by Fugitive

[Nick Leeson]

Why do they stay on death row for so long?

 

Guilty today, dead tomorrow is more than enough time surely.

[Ged B]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

 

That's exactly what I was thinking.

[Thants]

LUCASVILLE, Ohio — Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer on Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.

 

Richard Cooey, 41, died at 10:28 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, said Jim Gravelle, a spokesman with state attorney general's office.

 

There were no immediate reports of difficulties finding suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that has delayed previous executions in the state.

 

Mr. Cooey's lawyers had argued that his weight problem would make it difficult for prison staff to access a vein. A prisons spokeswoman said Mr. Cooey received a pre-execution exam early Tuesday and was cleared.

 

Mr. Cooey, who killed two University of Akron students in 1986, walked into the death chamber at 10:15 a.m. wearing gray pants and was strapped onto the gurney.

 

“You (expletive) haven't paid any attention to anything I've said in the last 22 1/2 years, why would anyone pay any attention to anything I've had to say now,” Mr. Cooey said looking at the ceiling. He made no other comment.

 

Mr. Cooey tapped the fingers of his left hand several times before he died and his face took on a purple shade.

 

Six family members of one of his victims watched the execution. Summit County Prosecutor Sherri Bevan Walsh said the family was disappointed that Mr. Cooey was vulgar and hateful at the end.

 

He was the first inmate executed in Ohio in more than a year, and the state's first since the end of the unofficial moratorium on executions that began last year while the U.S. Supreme Court reviewed Kentucky's lethal injection procedure.

 

Mr. Cooey made an earlier trip to the death house. But a U.S. District Court judge intervened hours before his scheduled execution in July 2003 when the Ohio Public Defender's office said it needed more time to assess the case after an appeals court dismissed his previous attorneys for inadequate representation.

 

Mr. Cooey and a co-defendant were convicted in the sexual assaults and slayings of University of Akron students Dawn McCreery, 20, and Wendy Offredo, 21, in September 1986. His co-defendant was 17 and was sentenced to life in prison because of his age.

 

The state has now executed 27 inmates since 1999, when Ohio renewed executions after more than three decades.

 

22 years on death row and he wasn't chirpy in his last moments? The bastard.

[melons]

Why do they stay on death row for so long?

 

Guilty today, dead tomorrow is more than enough time surely.

 

The tax money that would save!

[Nick Leeson]

could feed the other inmates on the ones they execute. It's forward thinking!

[Scott_M]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

 

Too much salt in his diet.

[Newport]

too fat to die ?

 

Obviously not...

[god knows]

How does anyone manage to weight 19 stone after a diet of prison food for 22 years?

 

Water retention? Time of the month?

[dirty_sanchez]

I keep singing this thread title to the tune of that Jamiroquai song.

[Scott_M]

A prisons spokeswoman said Mr. Cooey received a pre-execution exam early Tuesday and was cleared.

 

What would they had done if he'd failed? Wait till he's well enough to die?

[neko]

here are a couple of examples from the texas death row web page. they provide all the details for offenders on death row (past and present). it makes for shocking reading......

 

Offender Information - Holbert, Brittany

 

Holberg robbed and murdered an 80 year old white male in his home. The victim was struck with a hammer and stabbed nearly 60 times. The weapons used were: a paring knife, a butcher knife, a grapefruit knife, and a fork. A lamp pole had been shoved more than 5 inches down the victim's throat.

 

Offender Information - William Murray

 

i'll let you read the details, but this was the latest (and most deserving) inmate to be executed

[snez1]

you know - if you like that story, you'll love this link.....

 

texas department of justice (death row)

 

Death Row Home Page

 

complete history of all offenders on death row (does not make for nice reading)

 

i used to love looking at the last meal requests (since removed). the ones who regret their actions usually order something simple. the really nasty ones order 6 litres of ice cream and 50 doughnuts.

 

you can still see their vital stats and their last statements.

 

I just read a few, very strange.

 

Then i though "i'll look for another David (my name)". I scrolled down, found one and his seond name is the same as mine too. That freaked me out.

[Guest TK-421]

I keep singing this thread title to the tune of that Jamiroquai song.

 

Most annoying band ever. Annoying name, annoying fans, annoying c*nt of a frontman and annoying music.

[neko]

Most annoying band ever. Annoying name, annoying fans, annoying c*nt of a frontman and annoying music.

 

death row for him then...?

[Guest TK-421]

death row for him then...?

 

Yeah but without the row bit, as suggested by Leeson.

[dirty_sanchez]

Pleased to meet you, I'm one of those annoying fans.