AN inmate scheduled for execution in the US says he is so fat executioners would have trouble finding his veins and he might not be properly anaesthetised.
Lawyers for Richard Cooey, pictured, argue in a federal lawsuit that he had poor veins when he faced execution five years ago and that the problem has been worsened by weight gain.
They cite a document filed by a nurse in 2003 that said Cooey had sparse veins and that executioners would need extra time.
The lawsuit, filed on Friday in federal court in Columbus, Ohio, also says prison officials have had difficulty drawing blood from Cooey for medical procedures.
Cooey is 170cm tall and weighs 121kg, according to the lawsuit.
Cooey, 41, was sentenced to die for raping and murdering two students in 1986.
A federal judge granted him a last-minute reprieve in 2003. In April, he lost a challenge to Ohio's lethal injection process when the US Supreme Court said he had missed a deadline to file a lawsuit.
I do not support the death penalty. However, I don't feel his plea is going to garner much sympathy. Everyone is entitled to a humane death. I don't think, (if he did it) he was worried too much about the comfort of the two waitresses he raped and murdered. What do you think?
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Saw your comment on walking man. I as a nurse am quite familar with obesity and starting IV's. Hundreds of people everyday before going into surgery have problem veins and endure the discomfort and never a whine. If that is his rational for avoiding the death penalty I have no compassion. I also don't beleive in the death penalty but he has been sentenced so so be it!
Very well put, my husband is obese and they had to cut into his groin for an emergency iv, it frightened me. However he didn't complain. He stated to me that if were in that man's situation he would endure whatever they stated was necessary to make sure the procedure went correctly.. That man is a coward. He carved X's in those girls stomachs yet is worried about his own personal discomfort? Please....Thanks for stopping by :)
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