A man in a Ohio prison who has recieved the death penalty (For killing and raping two young girls in 1986) claims he is too obese to die, because they would administer lethal injection to him. Personally I rofl'd at this, but can you really not die from injections if you are very fat?

http://news.aol.com/article/ohio-inmate-sa...3356x1200372349

Thoughts?

Maybe the injection would take longer to take effect or something because of the guy's weight, not so sure though.

He lost his right to say anything when his fat-ass raped those girls.

I think they should starve him to death instead.

it would be easier to shoot him.
let the victims parents shoot him and get revenge then they wont have to worry about missing the vein

The victims' parents? I'd rather prefer a police officer doing the shooting, that and I think that revenge killing is illegal in this day and age.

Revenge killing never heals the damage already dealt.

And I;m sure they could inject it in such a way that it would take the normal amount of time.

Yeah, but shooting the guy in the head takes less time and be quicker too.

What's the normal time to die from lethal injection by the way?

"The average time to death once a lethal injection protocol has been started is about 7-11 minutes. [9] Since it only takes about 30 seconds for the thiopental to induce anesthesia, 30-45 seconds for the pancuronium to cause paralysis, and about 30 seconds for the potassium to stop the heart, death can theoretically be attained in as little as 90 seconds. Given that it takes time to administer the drug, time for the line to flush itself, time for the to change the drug being administered, and time to ensure that death has occurred, the whole procedure takes about 7-11 minutes. Procedural aspects in pronouncing death also contribute to delay and, therefore, the condemned is usually pronounced dead within 10 to 20 minutes of starting the drugs. Supporters of the death penalty say that a huge dose of thiopental, which is between 14-20 times the anesthetic induction dose and which has the potential to induce a medical coma lasting 60 hours, could never wear off in only 10 to 20 minutes." The rest of the article is linked right there.

"To obese to die".
By Injection standards, it would be rather difficult to find a vein to administer one.
Yet, that doesn't mean he can escape the iron force of justice. People will say anything to get out of trouble.

Still, first reading it, I laughed.

Anyway, Why don't they just ship him to a different state that has other means of execution...if one such state exists. (I'm not sure)

He'll probs eat himself to keep him alive for a while. :o

I think they should torture then murder him.

I thought this was some sort of spam. Next time just add the link without so many words.

Fat or not he should die like everyone else should <_>

Too bad the link expired. I didn't even got a chance to read it. So he need to losen up his weight?