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Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-lb. double murderer on Tuesday by lethal injection inhumane.
Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer on Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.
The state executed Richard Cooey -- a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued he was too fat to die humanely by lethal injection. Click here to read his last words and to find out what he ate during his last meal.
A double murderer who says he is too fat to be executed humanely has passed a pre-execution medical exam.
There were no immediate reports of difficulties finding suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that has delayed previous executions
By MATT REED, Associated Press Writer. Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer on Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane.
An Ohio death row inmate was executed Tuesday after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too overweight to be executed.
The Supreme Court on Tuesday rejected an Ohio death row inmate's final claim he is too overweight to be executed. He was scheduled to die later Tuesday morning.
LUCASVILLE, Ohio (AP) — Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer on Tuesday who argued his obesity made death by lethal injection inhumane. Richard Cooey, 41, died at 10:28 a.m. at the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility in Lucasville, said Jim Gravelle, a spokesman with state attorney general's office.
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