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Tennessee death row inmate can be executed without deactivating implanted defibrillator, court rules
Tennessee's high court has ruled that a death row inmate can be executed without deactivating his implanted defibrillator.
A lower court had acknowledged that Byron Black’s implanted combination pacemaker-defibrillator could prolong his suffering by shocking his heart after lethal injection.
After more than three decades, Byron Black, 69, is set to be executed for the Nashville triple murder of Angela Clay and her two daughters.
Defenders say Tennessee inmate is intellectually disabled and wouldn’t be on death row under modern legal standards ...
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