Obese Death Row Inmate Claims Lethal Injection Cruel and Unusual Punishment, Too Large to Find Veins
It’s the second time that Richard Cooey, convicted of killing two University of Akron students in 1986, has asked the state for mercy. The Ohio Parole Board denied a similar request five years ago, and Cooey came within a day of being executed in 2003 before a federal judge issued a reprieve. In a lawsuit filed this month, his lawyers said that executioners would have trouble finding Cooey’s veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs…Source
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Well I suppose if you can beat the system then why not. Seriously though, I dislike lawyers and their slippery tactics. Do you really think the two kids he killed were given a more comfortable death than this?
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