Killer Says He's Too Obese for Execution
By ANDREW WELSH-HUGGINS, AP
COLUMBUS, Ohio (Oct. 18) - A federal judge on Tuesday delayed the Oct. 24 execution of cult leader Jeffrey Lundgren to allow him to join a lawsuit filed by five other death row inmates challenging the state's use of lethal injection.
In his request to join the lawsuit, Lundgren, 56, said he is at even greater risk of experiencing pain and suffering during the procedure than other inmates because he is overweight and diabetic.
State Attorney General Jim Petro will appeal the ruling to the 6th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Cincinnati, said spokesman Mark Anthony.
Lundgren sentence stems from a conviction for the fatal shooting of a family of five in 1989. The family, which included three children, were killed while they stood in a pit dug inside his barn in northeast Ohio.
Lundgren, who formed a cult after he was dismissed in 1987 as a lay minister of the Reorganized Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints, now known as the Community of Christ, had said passages in the Bible told him to kill the family. Several witnesses said the family was not as enthusiastic about the cult as Lundgren would have liked.
The family he killed had moved from Missouri in 1987 to follow Lundgren's teachings.
2006-10-19 10:26:43 · 5 answers · asked by marnefirstinfantry 5 in News & Events ➔ Other - News & Events
No. Capital punishment never makes sense.
2006-10-22 07:06:52 · answer #1 · answered by Keith P 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I didn't know who this guy was...I just read about him. How sad!!
It doesn't seem right that he might not get the death penalty because he is "too obese". The little 6 year old girl should have not been killed because she was too young! None of them should have been killed of course...that is SO sad.
He will get his just reward someday.
2006-10-20 07:32:03 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
big people do take larger doses of medicine cause it takes more,
I don't see where it is an issue though, as the people giving the shot can just give him more,
or heck, if its a pain issue, sedate him, then give him the shot.
2006-10-19 10:32:09 · answer #3 · answered by papeche 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
What's good about capital punishment is that these criminals,never re offend.And I do mean never
2006-10-20 00:32:17 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
don't waste the drugs, shoot him.
2006-10-19 19:43:00 · answer #5 · answered by STEPHEN R 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋