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They argue that it will be difficult to find a viable vein on his blubbery body.
I'm against the death penalty but only because it has killed innocent people and is used in a very racist way. I do however think that people like this guy, who appears to be very guilty, should be given a slow painful death. I say starve the bastard to death.
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where's the throw him off a building and see if he bounces option. 
QUOTE (conner @ Oct 10 2008, 04:22 AM) 
where's the throw him off a building and see if he bounces option.
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This has been a big story here. Apparently, he hasn't always been this big.
Cooey is 5'7" (one inch shorter than I am) and 267 pounds (approx. 50 lbs. heavier than me). I've given blood as a fat man; there should be no question that they could find a vein to stick in the needle. But I voted to put the fat@$$ on a diet, for purposes of slimming him down.
He's going to be executed soon anyway, so what difference does it make?
Cooey is 5'7" (one inch shorter than I am) and 267 pounds (approx. 50 lbs. heavier than me). I've given blood as a fat man; there should be no question that they could find a vein to stick in the needle. But I voted to put the fat@$$ on a diet, for purposes of slimming him down.
He's going to be executed soon anyway, so what difference does it make?
BlackJackKetchum
Ketchum was executed by hanging in Clayton, New Mexico Territory, on April 26, 1901. The rope was too long, and Ketchum had gained a significant amount of weight during his time in jail. Additionally nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people. Because of these factors Ketchum was decapitated when he dropped through the trap door.
Ketchum was executed by hanging in Clayton, New Mexico Territory, on April 26, 1901. The rope was too long, and Ketchum had gained a significant amount of weight during his time in jail. Additionally nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people. Because of these factors Ketchum was decapitated when he dropped through the trap door.
QUOTE (ExiledInIllinois @ Oct 11 2008, 08:19 PM)
BlackJackKetchum
Ketchum was executed by hanging in Clayton, New Mexico Territory, on April 26, 1901. The rope was too long, and Ketchum had gained a significant amount of weight during his time in jail. Additionally nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people. Because of these factors Ketchum was decapitated when he dropped through the trap door.
Ketchum was executed by hanging in Clayton, New Mexico Territory, on April 26, 1901. The rope was too long, and Ketchum had gained a significant amount of weight during his time in jail. Additionally nobody in Clayton had any experience in hanging people. Because of these factors Ketchum was decapitated when he dropped through the trap door.
Somehow I doubt he noticed and I'm pretty sure he died from it.
QUOTE (Steely Dan @ Oct 10 2008, 01:55 AM)
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I'm against the death penalty but only because it has killed innocent people and is used in a very racist way. I do however think that people like this guy, who appears to be very guilty,
I'm against the death penalty but only because it has killed innocent people and is used in a very racist way. I do however think that people like this guy, who appears to be very guilty,
So you're against the death penalty except in cases where you think the dude is guilty?
Why don't they just install a "port" like they do to cancer patients?... Then they can just "hook" up.
They should start looking for a vein now. There are a couple big ones in the neck.
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Not only should he be executed, he should be killed in the exact same manner, right down to yanking him out of his cell in the middle of some random night and letting him experience the same fear and physical/mental torture his victims suffered.
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Cooey and a then-17-year-old accomplice were convicted of the brutal murders of Wendy Offredo and Dawn McCreery, students at the University of Akron. The men had been tossing concrete slabs onto Interstate 77, and one of them struck Offredo's car.
Pretending to rescue the women, Cooey and Clinton Dickens took them to a remote field, according to prosecutors. There, the students were subjected to 3½ hours of rape, torture, stabbings and fatal bludgeonings. Cooey had carved an "X" into the stomachs of both women, prosecutors said.
Each man blamed the other for delivering the fatal blows, but both were convicted of murder. Dickens received a life sentence because of his age.
Pretending to rescue the women, Cooey and Clinton Dickens took them to a remote field, according to prosecutors. There, the students were subjected to 3½ hours of rape, torture, stabbings and fatal bludgeonings. Cooey had carved an "X" into the stomachs of both women, prosecutors said.
Each man blamed the other for delivering the fatal blows, but both were convicted of murder. Dickens received a life sentence because of his age.
Not only should he be executed, he should be killed in the exact same manner, right down to yanking him out of his cell in the middle of some random night and letting him experience the same fear and physical/mental torture his victims suffered.
Update:
Columbus -- The governor agrees that Richard W. Cooey II should die for raping and killing two University of Akron women 22 years ago.
Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday accepted a unanimous Parole Board's recommendation and denied Cooey's plea for clemency, clearing the way for the former Summit County man to be lethally injected on Tuesday.
Strickland reached his decision after reviewing Cooey's case, including the written request for clemency, evidence and letters to the governor's office.
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Columbus -- The governor agrees that Richard W. Cooey II should die for raping and killing two University of Akron women 22 years ago.
Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday accepted a unanimous Parole Board's recommendation and denied Cooey's plea for clemency, clearing the way for the former Summit County man to be lethally injected on Tuesday.
Strickland reached his decision after reviewing Cooey's case, including the written request for clemency, evidence and letters to the governor's office.
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QUOTE (Bmwolf21 @ Oct 11 2008, 10:23 PM)
Update:
Columbus -- The governor agrees that Richard W. Cooey II should die for raping and killing two University of Akron women 22 years ago.
Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday accepted a unanimous Parole Board's recommendation and denied Cooey's plea for clemency, clearing the way for the former Summit County man to be lethally injected on Tuesday.
Strickland reached his decision after reviewing Cooey's case, including the written request for clemency, evidence and letters to the governor's office.
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Columbus -- The governor agrees that Richard W. Cooey II should die for raping and killing two University of Akron women 22 years ago.
Gov. Ted Strickland on Friday accepted a unanimous Parole Board's recommendation and denied Cooey's plea for clemency, clearing the way for the former Summit County man to be lethally injected on Tuesday.
Strickland reached his decision after reviewing Cooey's case, including the written request for clemency, evidence and letters to the governor's office.
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(In my best Jerry Seinfeld) That's a shame.
QUOTE (conner @ Oct 12 2008, 03:50 AM)
That's not real?? Is it???
Yeah, it is. It happened to a guy in Cleveland. He wasn't bungee jumping. He fell out of his fourth story apartment window while shouting for the ice cream man to stop.
Tragic, the ice cream man was particularly upset because that guy alone was making his Lexus payments for him.
Can't find a vein for lethal injection? Ok, how about plugging in Ol' Sparky, lining up a firing squad, turing up the gas chamber, or building a gallow
More than one way to skin a cat, so to say
More than one way to skin a cat, so to say
QUOTE (/dev/null @ Oct 12 2008, 11:42 AM)
Can't find a vein for lethal injection? Ok, how about plugging in Ol' Sparky, lining up a firing squad, turing up the gas chamber, or building a gallow
More than one way to skin a cat, so to say
More than one way to skin a cat, so to say
I agree with you.
My personal favorite is public execution in big venues like HSBC or the Ralph, and selling tickets and PPV for this. To add some flavor, you can have the public take part in the execution.
Again this is me though.
How about just beating him to death with bats in a cornfield, like they did to Joe Pesci in Casino?
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
QUOTE (KD in CT @ Oct 12 2008, 02:19 PM)
How about just beating him to death with bats in a cornfield, like they did to Joe Pesci in Casino?
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
Because getting the rights to House of the Rising Sun is not very easy.
QUOTE (justnzane @ Oct 12 2008, 01:02 PM)
I agree with you.
My personal favorite is public execution in big venues like HSBC or the Ralph, and selling tickets and PPV for this. To add some flavor, you can have the public take part in the execution. Again this is me though.
My personal favorite is public execution in big venues like HSBC or the Ralph, and selling tickets and PPV for this. To add some flavor, you can have the public take part in the execution.
Again this is me though.Like those games shows, where the audience has control devices.
"Ok audience, on the count of three, hit your buttons!"
QUOTE (KD in CT @ Oct 12 2008, 02:19 PM)
How about just beating him to death with bats in a cornfield, like they did to Joe Pesci in Casino?
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
I never understood the need to make it so complicated.
Are you kidding me? It would be like trying to beat a whale to death. A baseball bat aint gonna do much to that mook.
QUOTE (Steely Dan @ Oct 12 2008, 10:47 PM)
Are you kidding me? It would be like trying to beat a whale to death. A baseball bat aint gonna do much to that mook.
That's the idea. It ain't supposed to be quick.
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
QUOTE (ExiledInIllinois @ Oct 12 2008, 11:55 PM)
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
QFT
QUOTE (ExiledInIllinois @ Oct 12 2008, 11:55 PM)
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
I agree with you about the cruel and unusual punishment but if this is put off because of his weight then all a death row prisoner needs to do is make himself a fatty.
QUOTE (ExiledInIllinois @ Oct 12 2008, 10:55 PM)
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
If it said cruel or unusual punishments I would agree. The potential solutions to this problem are plentiful:
1. Do it all the time so it might be cruel, but it is not unusual.
2. Make the unusual punishments fun, like putting a death row dude on a defective roller coaster that will send him plunging to his death, but he doesn't know it. He will be having fun. Not cruel.
3. Come up with an Amendment that defines cruel. Make the definition such that just about any punishment is seen as ok.
QUOTE (buckeyemike @ Oct 14 2008, 06:33 PM)
Can you imagine where our society would be if everyone was just completely honest. How much time and money do we waste trying to figure out who's lying and who isn't. How many people die because of lies? I'm not talking about the death penalty exclusively. I know this will never happen but it is the biggest problem in the world IMO.
QUOTE (buckeyemike @ Oct 14 2008, 06:33 PM)
So they found a vein after all? Oh goodie. Mr. Cooey must have been very relieved.
I love a happy ending.
QUOTE (ExiledInIllinois @ Oct 12 2008, 11:55 PM)
Amendment 8 - Cruel and Unusual Punishment. Ratified 12/15/1791.
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
Excessive bail shall not be required, nor excessive fines imposed, nor cruel and unusual punishments inflicted.
Hey... We walk over everything else... Why not this?
It would be child's play to cobble up a bracket to mount a side-by-side 12 gauge shotgun, with twine to yank the triggers. Strap 'em up well in a chair, and point the gun at his heart. Pull the strings, and to borrow a phrase from the Old Wild West when a rustler was strung up..."He was jerked to Jesus".
Simple. Effective. Instantaneous.
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