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OK, then put a gun to this guy's head and pull the trigger instead. Put him in the gas chamber. Hang him and make his head pop off. I don't really care. I find it disgusting that someone could even argue this kind of crap after they maliciously killed someone else.

Ohio inmate Ronald Post says he's too obese for execution | cleveland.com
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COLUMBUS, Ohio — 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.

The prisons department was not aware of the filing and could not immediately comment.
Inmates’ weight has come up previously in death penalty cases in Ohio and elsewhere.
In 2008, federal courts rejected arguments by condemned double-killer Richard Cooey that he was too obese to die by 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, who was 5-foot-7 and weighed 267 pounds, was executed Oct. 14, 2008.

In 2007, it took Ohio executioners about two hours to insert IVs into the veins of condemned inmate Christopher Newton, who weighed about 265 pounds. A prison spokeswoman at the time said his size was an issue.

In 1994 in Washington state, a federal judge upheld the conviction of Mitchell Rupe, but agreed with Rupe’s contention that at more than 400 pounds, he was too heavy to hang because of the risk of decapitation. Rupe argued that hanging would constitute cruel and unusual punishment.

After numerous court rulings and a third trial, Rupe was eventually sentenced to life in prison, where he died in 2006.

Ohio executes inmates with a single dose of pentobarbital, usually injected through the arms.
Medical personnel have had a hard time inserting IVs into Post’s arms, according to the court filing. Four years ago, an Ohio State University medical center nurse needed three attempts to insert an IV into Post’s left arm, the lawyers wrote.

Post has tried losing weight, but knee and back problems have made it difficult to exercise, according to his court filing.

While at the Mansfield Correctional Institution, Post “used that prison’s exercise bike until it broke under his weight,” according to the filing.

The fact that this happened 30 years ago is exactly whats wrong with the death penalty. I'm not against it, but I'm not enthusiastically for it either. I know death row inmates have been vindicated a few times in the past but if you sentence someone to death, then execute them, don't do it 30 years later. That's like disciplining your dog for peeing on the carpet a month ago.

Use the jugular to insert the needle. It's really easy to find; so it the femoral artery.

Barring that, hand me a rifle - I'll do it.

I don't understand the "they might have trouble finding a vein" thing. And, I don't really care. A needle . is cruel and unusual?

Also - how does a guy on death row maintain 480 lbs?

And, like DC said - why was he sentenced to death 30 years ago - and he's still living?

Yeah, the fact that he's been in prison more than half his life is very strange to me

That'd have to be you, I'd be bringing my own round

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“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.

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Good.

I don't care if you can exercise or not, you have to eat a lot to maintain that kind of weight. Only in this country can you gain weight in prison.

As for the guy who weighed 267, that is nothing compared to some people we see in the hospital, and getting a vein is not an issue for them. That size shouldn't be an issue in most cases, my guess is something else was going on there.

Glad to see tax dollars keeping this murder alive and obviously well fed.

What I don't get is why they can't then have him ingest the poison if they can't find an artery. What .... it would taste bad and he would go to his damnation with a bad taste in his mouth?

How about we each get to shoot him in a chin? At 480 lbs, that's probably 3 or 4 of us who get to participate

I'm all for feeding him 100 stale boxes of twinkies every day (with nothing to wash them down with) he will either choke to death of explode in a short time.

Can't we just stick rat poison in a ham sandwich and get it over with?

Take him to a veterinarian. If they can drop a healthy racehorse because of a broken leg, they can drop this fatty.

Easy solution to both problems..

Quit feeding him until he dies of starvation.

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Can't we just stick rat poison in a ham sandwich and get it over with?

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All that leaves us with is a dead Peyton Hillis.

I'm all for breaking out the guillitine (sp?).....or burning at the steak....his choice of a cold chop or a hot steak.....yumm!!!!