Advertisement | Ohio Inmate Not Too Fat For Death PenaltyState Supreme Court Rules That 267-Pound Man Can Die By Lethal Injection Despite His Plea That He's Too HeavyCOLUMBUS, Ohio, Oct. 9, 2008  In this 2003 file photo, Richard Cooey gestures during an interview at the Mansfield Correctional Institution in Mansfield, Ohio. (AP/H. Ghanbari, Columbus Dispatch) 
(AP) The Ohio Supreme Court has rejected arguments that a death row inmate is too fat to die by lethal injection. Justices on Thursday gave the go-ahead to execute Richard Cooey. The 41-year-old is scheduled to be executed Tuesday for killing two University of Akron students in 1986. He would be the first 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. © MMVIII The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. | Advertisement  What's The Real Price Of Bailout?Some Estimates As High As $75-125 Billion To Save Industry, Reports CBS' Sharyl Attkisson |
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