CINCINNATI — Ohio executed a 5-foot-7, 267-pound double murderer who argued he was too fat to die humanely by lethal injection on Tuesday, the state's first execution since the end of an unofficial national moratorium. Richard Cooey, 41, had argued in numerous legal challenges that his weight problem would make it difficult for prison staff to find suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that delayed previous executions in the state. There were no such difficulties, said Larry Greene, a spokesman for the Southern Ohio Correctional Facility. More... Magazine Lane - Discount Cigarettes & Tobacco - Nutty News Marketplace - Gourmet Gift Baskets
