DEATH ROW PLEA: Richard Wade Cooey II is on death …

AP File Photo | published: September 14, 2008

DEATH ROW PLEA: Richard Wade Cooey II is on death row in the Ohio State Penitentiary for the killings of two University of Akron students in 1982. In an interview this week, he denied killing anyone. Cooey is challenging his execution in federal in federal court on the basis of his obesity.