Judge orders Tennessee to turn off inmate’s heart-regulating implanted device at execution

Judge grants Nashville death row inmate's request to disable heart device before execution

A Chancery Court judge says the state must disconnect the heart defibrillator shortly before the inmate's August execution to avoid a prolonged death.

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 deactivation of death row inmate's defibrillator before execution

A Davidson County judge has ordered the Tennessee Department of Correction to deactivate death row inmate Byron Black’s heart device before his scheduled August

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A heart implant could make Tennessee's next execution painful and prolonged. Prison officials argue they don't have to disable the device.

Tennessee’s next execution is scheduled for Aug. 5, and this time, there are even stronger fears about the death becoming torturous. Lethal injection opponents are always concerned the process is painful. Several studies have found that regardless of the drugs used, the process tends to damage the lungs in a way that creates a drowning sensation. But the next man slated to undergo the needle, Byron Black, has a sophisticated device implanted in …