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So-called defibrillators, medical devices in case of heart problems, hang in various public places. But how do you use such a device?
Execution of Black Raises Concerns Over Heart Device - Nashville Banner
On August 5, executioners at Riverbend Maximum Security Institution plan to inject 68-year-old Byron Black with a lethal dose of pentobarbital, carrying out the death sentence handed down by a Nashville jury in 1989. But as the drug works to kill him, Black’s attorneys argue in a new court filing on Monday, the implantable cardioverter-defibrillator that was placed in his chest last year to manage his congestive heart failure will shock his hear…
Byron Black Seeks Court Order to Prevent Torturous Execution Caused by Defibrillator - Davis Vanguard
Tennessee death row prisoner Byron Black has filed a motion to deactivate his implantable cardioverter-defibrillator (ICD) at the moment of execution, as it could cause a gruesome spectacle of pain and suffering if it were to be activated during the lethal injection.
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