The Brief

Byron Black noted intense pain during his lethal injection death earlier this week in Tennessee.

He was executed after a back-and-forth in court over whether officials would need to disable his defibrillator due to claims it might cause unnecessary, painful shocks.

His attorney said his defibrillator did not shock him during the execution after concerns over his physical state in his final moments before death.

A Tennessee death row inmate who had a working defibrillator in his chest was executed by lethal injection earlier this week.

His attorney said Friday that his implanted defibrillator did not shock him during the execution after concerns over his physical state in the final moments before his death.

The backstory:

Byron Black, 69, was executed after a back-and-

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