Man who argued he was too fat to die is executed

By The Associated Press | Tuesday, October 14, 2008

LUCASVILLE, Ohio -- 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.

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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.

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