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“It’s Hurting So Bad”—The Haunting Final Words of Tennessee Death Row Inmate Executed With a Live Defibrillator

Tennessee executed Byron Black on August 5, 2025. Despite there being strong objections from his attorneys, disability advocates, and medical experts, his implanted cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) ...
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Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disable heart device before execution

*UPDATE: Davidson County Chancellor Russell T. Perkins on July 22 modified his ruling, allowing the state of Tennessee to deactivate inmate Byron Black's heart device as early as possible on the ...