Too-Fat-to-Execute.... Argued

[ODENTON]

It was cruel and unusual for Post to cowardly kill a man minding his business and doing his job.


"At 450 pounds, Ohio death-row inmate Ronald Post is so fat that his executioners won’t be able to find veins in his arms or legs for the lethal injection, and he might even break the death chamber gurney, his lawyers say"

"Post, who gained close to 200 pounds on death row, is trying to stave off execution Jan. 16 for the 1983 killing of a motel clerk during a robbery, arguing that because of his obesity, an attempt to put him to death would amount to cruel and unusual punishment."


http://www.journalgazette.net/articl...312069981/1006

[songfourone]

It is called cut downs and they are done every day.

[Smokey 1]

It is called cut downs and they are done every day.

Why didn't you bother to read the article?

His lawyers have indicated they would fight any attempt by the state to employ a third possible procedure: the “cut-down” method, in which executioners cut into the condemned man’s arms to find a vein. Ohio’s execution policies don’t call for such an approach, and it is unclear if the state can go ahead with such a procedure without court approval.

Does your response mean you support the death penalty?

[songfourone]

Why didn't you bother to read the article?


Does your response mean you support the death penalty?

I did read the article, and I find it almost comical that the cut down is the part being argued, my point was it is done every day of every week in emergency rooms everywhere.

Nope, actually I do not support the death penalty, until it is an absolute, one innocent being executed is too many. Look at the statistics for death penalty overturns.

[RIKMAN]

Shoot- hang him.

That way, his weight will hasten the execution and he won't suffer!

[Smokey 1]

I did read the article, and I find it almost comical that the cut down is the part being argued, my point was it is done every day of every week in emergency rooms everywhere.

Nope, actually I do not support the death penalty, until it is an absolute, one innocent being executed is too many. Look at the statistics for death penalty overturns.

I am not aguing for the death penalty, I oppose it.

[songfourone]

I am not aguing for the death penalty, I oppose it.

I should have been clearer in my post about the cut down procedure.

[bullmikey]

From the link:

“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...”

Though a lingering death seems like too much of a good thing to bet on, we can only hope his execution results in "serious physical and psychological pain", and perhaps even worse, a definitive loss of self-esteem.

[ms maggie]

I am against the death penalty. But as it is legal in Ohio, there would seem to be some way around this. And BTW, where is this guy getting all this food?? I know a prison diet is likely high in carbs and fats but still....

[Wizard777]

Shoot- hang him.

That way, his weight will hasten the execution and he won't suffer!

The walk to the execution chamber will probably kill him.