Despite claims that his weight would make the lethal injection too difficult, Ohio managed to execute the tub of lard with “no problems whatsoever”
The State of Ohio topped (executed) 5-foot-7, 267 pound Richard Cooey on Tuesday for the murder of two college students in 1986 after the U.S. Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be put to death.
According to CNN, his lawyers argued that Cooey was "morbidly obese" and had gained about 70 pounds since he was imprisoned at age 19 because prison food and confinement in his cell for 23 hours a day had limited his opportunities for exercise, which contributed to his weight problem. His lawyers also argued that Cooey’s veins were weakened because of his health issues, and the lethal drugs would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.
On Monday night Cooey ate a "special meal" fit for a king. His last meal consisted of a T-bone steak, hash browns, french fries, four eggs over easy, onion rings, four pieces of toast, a pint of Rocky Road ice cream, Mountain Dew and bear claw pastries.
And the last words Cooey spoke before he croaked were: "You haven't paid attention to anything I've had to say for the past 22 years, so why would you think that I would think you're going to pay attention to what I have to say now?"
A spokesperson for the Ohio Department of Corrections, said the execution was carried out with "no problems whatsoever."
In my opinion, this execution is shameful, but only because it took 27 years to put his worthless tub of shit to death.
Bob Walsh says: “Damn, I’m going to feel bad for him for 15 or 20 seconds, maybe, possibly, but probably not.”
And Greg ‘Gadfly’ Doyle, referring to California’s prison overcrowding as well as to Cooey’s case, says: “It is a shame our governor had not considered decreasing prison overcrowding a tad by moving forward on all our death row inmates. That this particular overweight inmate’s appeal was allowed to be filed at all demonstrates just how broken and convoluted the appeals process has been for too long. What justice was served by this appeal other to prolong a life deemed no longer worthy of living by the State?
Also on Tuesday, Texas executed Ronnie Threadgill for the 2001 murder of a teenager during a carjacking. His execution was the state’s third this year. At least 10 other Texas prisoners have executions scheduled in the coming months, including another inmate set to die next week.
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