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Execution of 486-Pound Death Row Inmate 'Simply Will Not Work,' Attorneys Say
By CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27)
Sept. 18, 2012
Attorneys for a 486-pound Ohio death row inmate claim that the execution procedure "simply will not work" on their client and will cause him a "torturous and lingering death."
Ronald Post, 53, was sentenced to death in 1985 for the shooting death of Helen Vantz, a desk clerk at a motel in Elyria, Ohio.
"Given his unique physical and mental condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," Post's attorneys wrote in a federal court papers filed Friday.
Post is scheduled to be executed Jan. 16.
Post's attorneys had Dr. David Lubarsky of Miami, Fla., analyze Post and he wrote a six-page declaration about all of the problems with Post's impending execution.
"Mr. Post is not asking for a stay because he's too obese. Rather, Dr. David Lubarsky reviewed Ronald Post's medical records and Ohio's execution protocol and determined that it simply will not work on Mr. Post," Post's attorneys Joseph Wilhelm and Rachel Troutman wrote in a statement to ABCNews.com.
"If it kills him at all, it could take up to 16 hours," they wrote. "Ohio's statute requires a quick and painless lethal injection, and the potential 200+ needle sticks and up to 16 hours that Dr. Lubarsky predicted is not quick and painless."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/486-pound-d...5#.UJ6O84dX3N0
By CHRISTINA NG (@ChristinaNg27)
Sept. 18, 2012
Attorneys for a 486-pound Ohio death row inmate claim that the execution procedure "simply will not work" on their client and will cause him a "torturous and lingering death."
Ronald Post, 53, was sentenced to death in 1985 for the shooting death of Helen Vantz, a desk clerk at a motel in Elyria, Ohio.
"Given his unique physical and mental condition there is a substantial risk that any attempt to execute him will result in serious physical and psychological pain to him, as well as an execution involving a torturous and lingering death," Post's attorneys wrote in a federal court papers filed Friday.
Post is scheduled to be executed Jan. 16.
Post's attorneys had Dr. David Lubarsky of Miami, Fla., analyze Post and he wrote a six-page declaration about all of the problems with Post's impending execution.
"Mr. Post is not asking for a stay because he's too obese. Rather, Dr. David Lubarsky reviewed Ronald Post's medical records and Ohio's execution protocol and determined that it simply will not work on Mr. Post," Post's attorneys Joseph Wilhelm and Rachel Troutman wrote in a statement to ABCNews.com.
"If it kills him at all, it could take up to 16 hours," they wrote. "Ohio's statute requires a quick and painless lethal injection, and the potential 200+ needle sticks and up to 16 hours that Dr. Lubarsky predicted is not quick and painless."
http://abcnews.go.com/US/486-pound-d...5#.UJ6O84dX3N0
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