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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Jonathan Mattise

Attorney says heart device did not shock Tennessee man in execution who said he was 'hurting so bad'

TENNESSEE-EJECUCIÓN - (AP)

A Tennessee man who said he was “hurting so bad” during his lethal injection this week was not shocked by his implanted defibrillator, his attorney said Friday.

Kelley Henry, the federal public defender for Byron Black, said her team received an initial evaluation of the data from his implantable cardioverter defibrillator.

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