An electrocardiogram (ECG) monitoring the heart of a Tennessee inmate executed by lethal injection in August reportedly showed "sustained cardiac activity" for nearly two minutes after Byron Black was officially pronounced dead, his attorney told a judge on Friday.
These startling comments from Kelley Henry emerged during a court hearing. The proceedings are set to determine whether legal representatives for Black, alongside several other current death row inmates, will be granted permission to depose the key personnel responsible for carrying out Tennessee’s executions.
