Eating himself to life?

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Judge rejects condemned Ohio inmate's request to delay execution on obesity grounds

 

 

By Andrew Welsh-Huggins, The Associated Press November 26, 2012

COLUMBUS, Ohio - A condemned killer trying to delay his execution because of his extreme weight hasn't raised enough new issues to warrant the legal challenge, a federal judge ruled Monday.

Death row inmate Ronald Post, who weighs more than 400 pounds (180 kilograms), is asking the courts to stop his January execution on the grounds his weight could cause him to suffer severe pain during the procedure.
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A doctor who examined Post for his defence team says Post does not have accessible veins in his arms or hands because of his weight and could not receive a lethal injection in his legs because he is so obese.





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