Obesity increases your chance of an early death. Well, in most cases, anyway. For Richard Cooey, being obese might just save his life.

Cooey, 41, was sentenced to death in April for the rape and murder of two women, but claims he's too fat to be executed. At 5'7 and 276 lbs (and a BMI of 43.2!), Cooey claims the executioners would have too difficult a time finding his veins. Additionally, he's on a migraine medication that could affect how his body processed the anesthesia he wold receive prior to being executed.

Does this mean we will see a rapid increase in the average BMI of prison inmates across the world? Only time will tell.

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