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Last Meal

By Kent Scheidegger et al.

Richard Cooey, who claims he is too fat to be executed humanely and it's all the prison's fault, ordered a last meal of "T-bone steak with A-1 sauce, onion rings, french fries, four eggs over easy, toast with butter, hash browns, a pint of rocky road ice cream, a Mountain Dew soft drink and bear claw pastries," Matt Reed reports for AP. Update: Reed reports here on the execution. "There were no immediate reports of difficulties finding suitable veins to deliver the deadly chemicals, a problem that has delayed previous executions in the state." And Cooey's last words? "You (expletive) haven't paid any attention to anything I've said in the last 22 1/2 years, why would anyone pay any attention to anything I've had to say now," Cooey said looking at the ceiling.continue to full post

Full post as published by Crime and Consequences on October 14, 2008 (boomark / email).