Tennessee executes Byron Black despite concerns about his defibrillator | Death Penalty News

The state of Tennessee, part of the southern United States, has executed a man with an implanted defibrillator despite concerns that the medical device could attempt to restart his heart, thereby prolonging his death.

On Tuesday, state officials administered a lethal injection to Byron Black, a 69-year-old man convicted for a 1988 triple homicide.

Black’s death came after his lawyers failed in a last-ditch effort on Monday to halt the execution, on the basis that the defibrillator would…