Death row inmate claims he's too fat to be executed

[Angus]

And that's why the others are skinny
Seriously, would the same logic hold if he had to undergo surgery. "Sorry, you must suffer, for we can't put you out"?!?!?!
What you get is a mask on your face...and you're swiftly out, leaving it open to look for a vein with no problem at all.
Then there is always...the guillioutine....

[Hornet33]

I say we give them a book on how to pack a parachute, give them a day to read it, hand them a tangled up chute and give them 4 hours to pack it, and then take them up. If they make it down in one piece they can go free, if not well.......

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

Hanging was fine for 150 years or so, longer if you count its use by the military. Public hanging should be brought back. Just think, as fat as he is, it should make that rope quicker and more effective. A drop of about 6 feet should be perfect.

[Rino]

Then shoot him.

Out of a cannon 

[Speed55]

I say we give them a book on how to pack a parachute, give them a day to read it, hand them a tangled up chute and give them 4 hours to pack it, and then take them up. "Tell them if they make it down in one piece they can go free.......

......and when they land, and are elated by the prospect of freedom, call them a murderer and put a 45 round into there skull. "

[ROX]

Limit what food he gets---he's IN prison.....helllllloooooooooo o.....McFly....


When he's of a safe, healthy weight....kill him graveyard dead.



Problem solved.




ROX

[ODBAL]

This is laughable.  I guess we better just set him free then huh?  What kind of defense is "I'm to fat"? Are they doing anything to rectify his weight problem then?  Maybe some excersize would help, a piece of rope tied to a pickup truck doing 20 mph down a gravel road might work some of his weight off, and if he can't keep up? Problem solved.  This guy is a P.O.S. and deserves all the pain and suffering he has coming to him. 

[acfireguy26]

Problem solved. Later tubby.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cerQm5hp-SE

[Cthulhu]

Age old question... Do they swab his arm with alcohol before inserting the needle?

[Rich46yo]

Oh, he looks like a charmer dont he?

Hey I got an idea, strap him to the table and put a big Mac about 3" to far for him to get to.

A few hours and he'll be begging for the needle.

[Roundeye]

"Cooey, 41, is sentenced to die for raping and murdering two young women in 1986. His execution is scheduled for Oct. 14. "



If he was executed 22 years ago like he was supposed to,  he wouldn't be so damn fat.

Roger that!

[myelo]

Age old question... Do they swab his arm with alcohol before inserting the needle?

yes

[Angus]

Good. Then it burns more 

[Gh0stFT]

send them to Iran, they execute the death penalty par excellence without any discussion.

[Wmaker]

Hanging was fine for 150 years or so, longer if you count its use by the military. Public hanging should be brought back. Just think, as fat as he is, it should make that rope quicker and more effective. A drop of about 6 feet should be perfect.

Funny you should mention that.

An article I read a while ago came to mind...

"The Army even has its own drop table. According to its guidelines, the last man to hang in America—220-pound Billy Bailey—would have required 5 feet of loose rope. On a windy night in 1996, the Delaware guards removed Bailey's dentures, placed a black hood over his head, and then dropped the noose around his neck. (The hood prevents the prisoner from shifting position at the last second, as the lever for the trapdoor is pulled.) The knot of the noose was placed against his left ear, in the traditional manner deemed most likely to break the neck. The warden pulled a lever, and Bailey dropped through the trapdoor. He was declared dead a few minutes later. (The Delaware gallows were dismantled in 2003.)

The Army drop table turned out to be inadequate for Mitchell Rupe, a Washington inmate who was supposed to hang in 1994. On death row, Rupe refused all exercise and ate junk food nonstop. By the time of his execution he'd reached 409 pounds, well above the table's maximum listed weight. According to Army regulations, anyone heavier than 220 pounds would get a 5-foot drop. The Washington authorities made an exception and cut Rupe's planned drop to 3.5 feet. Rupe appealed his case, and a federal judge ruled that the risk of decapitation was still too high. Rupe died in a prison hospital this past February."

http://www.slate.com/id/2156656/

Wikipedia mentions last decapitation which happened as a result of the long drop method as late as 2007 in Iraq:

"One of the more recent decapitations as a result of the long drop occurred when Barzan Ibrahim al-Tikriti was hanged in Iraq in 2007."

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hanging