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Tennessee man says he hurt badly during lethal injection without deactivating defibrillator  The Hill Byron Black: Tennessee inmate executed despite heart implant concerns  BBC Tennessee execution of man with heart device ‘result of pure cowardice’  The Guardian Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator  Al Jazeera Tennessee readies for execution of man with working implanted defibrillator  NPR Source link

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — Tennessee executed an inmate Tuesday without deactivating his implanted defibrillator, despite uncertainty about whether the device would shock his heart when the lethal chemicals took effect. Byron Black died at 10:43 a.m., prison officials said. Shortly after the lethal injection started, witnesses said Black told a spiritual advisor in the room that he was hurting so …