LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) - Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound
double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal
injection inhumane.
Richard Cooey died at 10:28 a.m. Tuesday at the Southern Ohio
Correctional Facility in Lucasville.
There were no immediate reports of problems finding suitable
veins to deliver the deadly chemicals.
His attorneys had argued that his weight problem could make it
difficult for prison staff to access a vein. A prisons spokeswoman
said earlier that Cooey received a pre-execution exam and was
cleared.
The 41-year-old Cooey killed two University of Akron students in
1986.
(Copyright 2008 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Ohio has executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.
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