Posted on 09/17/2012 1:58:49 PM PDT by Responsibility2nd
COLUMBUS, Ohio (AP) — A condemned Ohio inmate who weighs at least 480 pounds wants his upcoming execution delayed, saying his weight could lead to a "torturous and lingering death."
Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, said his weight, vein access, scar tissue and other medical problems raise the likelihood his executioners would encounter severe problems. He's also so big that the execution gurney might not hold him, lawyers for Post said in federal court papers filed Friday.
"Indeed, given his unique physical and medical condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," the filing said.
Post, 53, is scheduled to die Jan. 16 for the 1983 shooting death of Helen Vantz in Elyria.
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This undated photo provided by the Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections shows death row inmate Ronald Post. Post, 53, scheduled to die Jan. 16, 2013, for the 1983 shooting death of hotel desk clerk, wants his upcoming execution delayed. At 480 pounds, Post says he’s too heavy for the state’s lethal injection process. (AP Photo/Ohio Dept. of Rehabilitation and Corrections) |
Wanna bet?
Looks like you’ll be just fine to execute chubby.
How about if we don’t feed him for a year or two?
Send a bill to his family for the cost of the bullet.
I guess Mrs Obama’s “Let’s Move” program hasn’t hit these prisons yet.
Put a 6” needle in his jugular, trust me, it’ll work. If you don’t like that idea lock him in a cell for a year or so and give him only water. I’ll bet that works.
Fat ass has been killing himself one doughnut at a time.
He’s been in jail for nearly 30 years and still weighs over 400 pounds?
So shoot him in the head.
Lights out.
I bet he won’t feel a thing.
Tell you what, if I’m wrong, I’ll buy him a Coke.
Take away his tax-payer statins, high blood pressure pills, diabetes drugs and on & on and I suspect he will stroke out in several weeks. Problem solved.
I think a .50 caliber would do just fine.
Swift justice....
I’ll play a sad song on a teeny violin while he dies and justice is done for the person he murdered.
The prison nutritionist should be told that come Jan 13, either the prisoner or the nutritionist will be executed, their choice.
He’ll go as easy as the rest
I wonder what Moochelle has to say about all this
He might be right.
I say we use him as a test monkey and find out.
Now THAT’S funny! Well done, sir!
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