US court rejects obese inmate's appeal against execution
By JERUSALEM POST STAFF
The US Supreme Court has rejected an appeal from an Ohio prisoner who argued he is too obese to be executed. Richard Cooey is scheduled to be put to death Tuesday.
The court denied his request for a stay without comment Monday. Cooey is 5-foot-7 (170 centimeters) and weighs 267 pounds (121 kilograms).
State officials said prison staff examined Cooey's veins and found no problems that would interfere with the execution.
Cooey has one more appeal pending before the court. It argues Ohio's method for lethal injections could cause an agonizing death and violates the constitutional prohibition on cruel and unusual punishment.
Cooey, 41, raped and killed two college students in 1986.
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