NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Convicted murderer Byron Black was put to death by lethal injection Tuesday, Aug. 5, in what experts believe is the first execution of a death row inmate with a working heart-regulating device.
Black was convicted in the 1988 murders of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two young daughters, LaToya and LaKeisha. The three were reportedly shot and killed in a Nashville home.
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The execution was scheduled for 10 a.m. and Black was pronounced dead at 10:43 a.m. at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville.
A witness of the execution reported that Black had no last statements and at 10:33 a.m. he told an advisor, “It’s hurting so bad,” and began groaning in pain…