Ted Rall for September 21, 2012

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In 2007, Ohio executioners repeatedly stabbed condemned inmate Christopher Newton to try to find a vein where they could insert IVs so they could inject the poison. The prison blamed his weight 265 lbs. Now Ronald Post, 480 lbs, faces lethal injection in Ohio. The doomed man wants to lose weight so he can avoid a messy death like Newton's. Unfortunately, dieting hasn't worked. (The food here is just too tasty!) The state has rejected his request for gastric bypass surgery. No special treatment for murders! (Police Officer: This is Ohio. We're all fat!) Which leaves one last inducement. (Pastor: You spend eternity looking like you did at the moment of your death. Don't you wanna be svelte so you can pick up hot ghost chicks?) (Man: Ok, gimmie the kale. But will I still have the needle in my arm?) (Pastor: Ghost demons.)