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Would you pay for Jenny Craig for this man?

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death, claiming executioners would have trouble finding his veins and that his weight could diminish the effectiveness of one of the lethal injection drugs.

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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 Oct. 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.

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  1. No, no, no, no, no, no!!!!!  


  2. We should try the standard Russian form of execution, a bullet behind the ear.

    http://www.trutv.com/library/crime/seria...

  3. Who cares if they will experience more pain and suffering if they are overweight, diabetic, on other meds, etc. They deserve to suffer for what they did. Why should it be peaceful?!

  4. I say this guy's weight didn't stop him from raping and murdering two young women, so why should it stop his execution? If they are worried about his 'suffering' during the execution, maybe he should be hung or shot by firing squad. Oh wait, I guess those are cruel too. Maybe we should just hug him and let him go. That wouldn't be cruel.

    It is ridiculous that he has been allowed to live for 22 years since he committed two murders. Our criminal justice system is severely flawed.Noone cares about the victims as much as the criminals it seems. SAD>

  5. Not only would I not pay for Jenny Craig, I wouldn't even pay to imprison him.  I would force him to work long and hard enough to make enough money to pay for his own execution and body disposal.

  6. LOL....Let him suffer. Im not payying anything!!

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