How about: “No…Don’t kill me. I’m too fat.” Although it sounds like a comic act, it really happened. An Ohio inmate scheduled for execution in October claims that he is too fat to be executed because it would be very hard for executors to find his veins and he might not be properly anesthetized.

Inmate Richard Wade Cooey’s lawyers said in a federal lawsuit that their client had poor veins when he faced execution in 2003. That problem has worsened by the inmate’s weight gain. The lawyers reportedly cited a document filed by a prison nurse in 2003 according to which Cooey had sparse veins and executioners would need extra time to find them. Also, a drug which the inmate is currently taking (Topamax - a type of seizure medication) to treat his migraine headaches may diminish the effectiveness of the first of three drugs Ohio uses in its execution process (thiopental), said Dr. Mark Heath, a physician hired by the Ohio Public Defender's Office.

"All of the experts agree if the first drug doesn't work, the execution is going to be excruciating," Cooey’s public defender, Kelly Culshaw Schneider, said Monday.

Cooey’s lawyers also said that prison officials have had difficulty drawing blood from the 5-foot-7, 267-pound inmate.

The 41-year-old has received the death penalty for raping and murdering two University of Akron students in 1986. His execution is scheduled for Oct. 14.