Cooey's execution could be 1st in state since moratorium
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection.
Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
Justices on Thursday gave the go-ahead to execute Richard Cooey. The 41-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing 2 University of Akron students in 1986.
He would be the 1st person to be put to death in the state since the end of a de facto moratorium on lethal injection.
Cooey's attorneys had argued that prison food and limited opportunities to exercise contributed to a weight problem that would make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection.
Cooey is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 267 pounds.
An appeal is still pending.
Source: CNN
The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection.
Richard Cooey, 41, is scheduled to be executed on Tuesday.
Justices on Thursday gave the go-ahead to execute Richard Cooey. The 41-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing 2 University of Akron students in 1986.
He would be the 1st person to be put to death in the state since the end of a de facto moratorium on lethal injection.
Cooey's attorneys had argued that prison food and limited opportunities to exercise contributed to a weight problem that would make it difficult for the execution team to find a viable vein for lethal injection.
Cooey is 5 feet, 7 inches tall and weighs 267 pounds.
An appeal is still pending.
Source: CNN
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