Death Row Man: 'I'm Too Fat To Be Executed'

davet82

http://news.sky.com/story/986449/death-row-man-im-too-fat-to-be-executed

A death row inmate who weighs at least 34 stone says he is too fat to be executed.
Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, said his weight could lead to a "torturous and lingering death".
Ohio executes inmates with a single dose of pentobarbital, usually injected through the arms.
Court documents submitted by his lawyers said vein access, scar tissue, and other medical problems raise the likelihood that his executioners would encounter severe problems.
It is also claimed he is so big that the execution gurney might not hold him.

Only in America :pac:

super_furry

Clever. Wonder what weight he was when he went to jail.

pickarooney

I bet he doesn't go on hunger strike to get what he wants

SEPT 23 1989

Harpoon the fcuker

Hurricane Carter

Give him a bigger dosage. Problem solved.

MagicMarker

Serve him a salad for dinner, should scare him to death.

suicide_circus

This is Americana in its purest form.

glynf

Introduce the the back of his head to Mr. 12 gauge, problem sorted (though clean up would be a bitch).

DaveNoCheese

Wonder does he wash himself with a rag on a stick?!

davet82

i just cant imagine what they were feeding him in prison?

is there a food court with kfc and burger king in these places?

PizzamanIRL

"his weight could lead to a "torturous and lingering death".

Boo hoo hoo. What about the hotel clerk you shot dead?

Hurricane Carter

Maybe they could just make him eat so much his gut will explode.

He gets to eat, then he dies. Everybody wins.

Paddy Samurai

Off the top of my head ,Guillotine could be an option.:D

dark crystal

I Am Kong! wrote: »

Maybe they could just make him eat so much his gut will explode.

He gets to eat, then he dies. Everybody wins.

John Doe...? :eek:

Abi

glynf wrote: »

Introduce the the back of his head to Mr. 12 gauge, problem sorted (though clean up would be a bitch).

Small room, cover room with sheets of plastic. Jobs a good 'un.

kfallon

Imagine what his last meal request would be!

dark crystal

Abi wrote: »

Small room, cover room with sheets of plastic. Jobs a good 'un.

Dexter....? :eek:

Acidflash

Cyanide capsule in his burger.

JohnMarston

A small dose of ricin in a burger, problem solved.

BigBrownBear

An awful lot of fatism in this thread

dark crystal

JohnMarston wrote: »

A small dose of ricin in a burger, problem solved.

Heisenberg....? :eek:


Ok, ok I'll stop now.

asherbassad

PizzamanIRL wrote: »

"his weight could lead to a "torturous and lingering death".

Boo hoo hoo. What about the hotel clerk you shot dead?

So you're an advocate of cruel and unusual punishment?

inforfun

Simple.
Just execute them the way they killed their victims.

Or get Dexter in.

Quorum

super_furry wrote: »

Clever. Wonder what weight he was when he went to jail.

If he wasn't obese going in then how?
If he was, then how?
Just how?

Tazz T

How do you become fat in prison? Surely food is limited to what the human body requires.

copeyhagen

how in christ could he be in prison 30 eyars and weigh 30 stone.. what the fook are they feeding him!!

Quorum

kfallon wrote: »

Imagine what his last meal request would be!

Some states have an upper limit on the amount that can be spent on the last meal, as some death row prisoners were taking the absolute piss.

Gunmonkey

copeyhagen wrote: »

how in christ could he be in prison 30 eyars and weigh 30 stone.. what the fook are they feeding him!!

He probably kept eating his cellmates.

B0X

copeyhagen wrote: »

how in christ could he be in prison 30 eyars and weigh 30 stone.. what the fook are they feeding him!!

Stones.

JohnMarston

Thin privilege: I can recieve my lethal dose on a normal size gurney with no forseeable problems

Duggy747

Prisoner: "Since I'm so fat, the execution could lead to a torturous and lingering death."

A torturous and lingering death like the hotel clerk you filled with hot lead?

Prisoner: "Bu..........but I'm too fat to be executed!!"

Like the hotel clerk that was too alive to be killed?

Eating a bag of chips in front of him and not giving him any would be a fate worse than death to him. :pac:

working fool

Abi wrote: »

glynf wrote: »

Introduce the the back of his head to Mr. 12 gauge, problem sorted (though clean up would be a bitch).

Small room, cover room with sheets of plastic. Jobs a good 'un.

Put him in a skip with a crash helmet on
Shoot him Through the visor

seamus

Could be the first opportunity to trial nitrogen asphyxiation as a humane execution method. Ain't nobody too fat to suffocate to death.

davet82

seamus wrote: »

Could be the first opportunity to trial nitrogen asphyxiation as a humane execution method. Ain't nobody too fat to suffocate to death.

you could probably put him laying on his back and with his weight you'd get the same result!

donalg1

Dont some states in America have a couple of different ways to execute prisoners, I think they can opt for injection or firing squad, they are the nicer States that give inmates an option of how to die. I dont know if they actually inform the inmates of this option though.

Logical Fallacy

super_furry wrote: »

Clever. Wonder what weight he was when he went to jail.

He was pretty thin until he learned the other inmates didn't hump chubbies. This execution thing is just a happy coincidence.

OldNotWIse

how is he this weight if he's in prison??

Gummy Panda

seamus wrote: »

Could be the first opportunity to trial nitrogen asphyxiation as a humane execution method. Ain't nobody too fat to suffocate to death.

Just use a chain

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oxMmw1uj19s

dark crystal

OldNotWIse wrote: »

how is he this weight if he's in prison??

If you know the right people in prison, you can get just about anything. Look at the Goodfellas, they ate like kings in the slammer!

donalg1

They could stick him on a treadmill for five mins, actually they could just show him a treadmill and tell him they are going to make him run on it. That should do the trick.

asherbassad

dark crystal wrote: »

If you know the right people in prison, you can get just about anything. Look at the Goodfellas, they ate like kings in the slammer!

And we all know that real life is based on movies.

Logical Fallacy

asherbassad wrote: »

And we all know that real life is based on movies.

Damn straight.

*shoots Ninja in the face in slow motion*

PizzamanIRL

asherbassad wrote: »

So you're an advocate of cruel and unusual punishment?

What part of my post says that? I'm just commenting on the fact that he's complaining about feeling pain when he dies.

blackwhite

asherbassad wrote: »

And we all know that real life is based on movies.

Indeed. But when the movie quoted is based on an autobiography, and supported by court testimony and witness statements given to the FBI........ :cool:

An Coilean

Gotta love America, the only country in the world where being seriously overweight can actually save your life.

davet82

davet82 wrote: »

you could probably put him laying on his back and with his weight you'd get the same result!

So, lay him on his fat back and wire him up to old sparky...:eek::D

donalg1

Tazz T wrote: »

How do you become fat in prison? Surely food is limited to what the human body requires.

It was the tablets!!

blue note

They should just give him a larger dosage and make soap out of him to pay for it.

Sir Pompous Righteousness

Paddy Samurai wrote: »

Off the top of my head ,Guillotine could be an option.:D

If you managed to fit his head into the guillotine...

rednik

Death by bongo bongo !!

JohnMarston

Sir Pompous Righteousness wrote: »

If you managed to fit his head into the guillotine...

You could build an XXL guillotine, for the plus size gentleman