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Cooey Executed After Supreme Court Rejects Obese Argument: An article from CNN News reports that an Ohio death row inmate Richard Cooey was executed today after the Supreme Court rejected his last-minute plea that he was too fat to be executed. 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 students were subjected to 3½ hours of rape, torture, stabbing and fatal bludgeoning. Supreme Court Denies Death Row Inmate Troy Davis' Appeal: Washington Post staff writers William Branigin and Jerry Markon report that today the Supreme Court refused to hear an appeal by Troy Davis facing execution for the 1989 murder of a police officer. Today's order clears the way for Georgia to proceed with the execution of Troy Davis, three weeks after the high court granted him a last-minute stay...continue to full post

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