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Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate’s heart-regulating implanted device at execution
DAVIDSON COUNTY, TENNESSEE, JUL 18 – A judge ruled the inmate's implanted defibrillator must be deactivated to prevent painful shocks during execution, highlighting risks to humane standards, according to court findings.
- Tennessee officials must deactivate a death-row inmate's implanted heart-regulating device to prevent potential shocks and extreme pain during his lethal injection execution.
- A judge ordered the state to have medical professionals deactivate the device just before the execution, ruling it does not unduly burden the state or delay the process.
- The inmate's attorneys argue deactivating the device is the only sure way to prevent potential suffering, while the state deems shocks highly unlikely and the inmate would be unaware if they occurred.
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Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate's heart-regulating implanted device at execution
A judge is ordering state officials to turn off a death-row inmate's heart-regulating implanted device to avert the risk that it might try to shock him during his execution by lethal injection scheduled for Aug. 5.
Tennessee judge orders defibrillator disabled for execution - Nashville Banner
A Nashville judge has ordered Tennessee prison officials to deactivate the defibrillator implanted in Byron Black’s heart moments before they execute him on Aug. 5. Black’s attorneys have argued that unless the device is properly disabled before the lethal injection, it will repeatedly shock him in an attempt to restore his heart’s normal rhythm, causing him a prolonged and excruciating death. Although the order from Davidson County Chancellor …
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