WOSU News » obese http://wosu.org/2012/news Your All Day NPR News Station Sat, 18 May 2013 23:29:40 +0000 en-US hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.5.1 Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News no Your All Day NPR News Station WOSU News » obese http://wosu.org/2012/news/wp-content/plugins/powerpress/rss_default.jpg http://wosu.org/2012/news Too Fat To Be Executed? http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/09/19/too-fat-to-be-executed/ http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/09/19/too-fat-to-be-executed/#comments Wed, 19 Sep 2012 11:31:27 +0000 Bill Cohen http://wosu.org/2012/news/?p=35439 An Ohio death row inmate says his scheduled lethal injection in January should be cancelled because he’s so obese, the execution process would not work and would amount to torture.

Click the play button above to hear attorneys for Ronald Post, and reaction from Ohio Attorney General Mike DeWine and death penalty advocates.

]]> http://wosu.org/2012/news/2012/09/19/too-fat-to-be-executed/feed/ 0 capital punishment,death penalty,execution,obese,Overweight,Ronald Post Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, says his weight, vein access, scar tissue and other medical problems raise the likelihood his executioners would encounter severe problems. Ronald Post, who shot and killed a hotel clerk in northern Ohio almost 30 years ago, says his weight, vein access, scar tissue and other medical problems raise the likelihood his executioners would encounter severe problems. WOSU News no 4:02