I have absolutely ZERO sympathy for this man and I’m glad it “hurt so bad” but allow me to explain and then you can see whether you agree with me or not. Byron Black, age 69, was sentenced to death in the killings of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two children under 10. He was finally executed on Tuesday in Tennessee. His lawyer claims he was “tortured” because his defibrillator was not shut off and it sparked him during the lethal injection: Tennessee | “My Client Was Tortured Today” — The Painful Execution of Byron Black https://t.co/FltAwwg1xU #tennessee #byronblack #deathpenalty pic.twitter.com/zhwmtXBF58 — Death Penalty News (@WebDPN) August 8, 2025 Yahoo News had more details on the execution: A 69-year-old Tennessee inmate was executed by lethal injection Tuesday morning — despite warnings from doctors and advocates that his heart device could repeatedly shock him during the process. Byron Black, who was convicted of the 1988 murders of his girlfriend Angela Clay and her two young daughters, ages 6 and 9, was pronounced dead at 10:43 a.m. local time at the Riverbend Maximum Security Institution in Nashville, per the Associated Press. He had no last words. According to multiple witness accounts, Black groaned, gasped and appeared to be in visible distress during the execution. At one point, he reportedly cried out, “It’s hurting so bad,” per the outlet. For weeks leading up to the execution, Black’s attorneys fought to have his implantable cardioverter defibrillator — a medical device meant to shock the heart when its rhythm becomes irregular — deactivated, per The Washington Post. They argued the device could override the effects of the lethal injection drugs and trigger repeated, painful shocks as he died. “I interpret that my client was tortured today,” Black’s attorney, Kelley Henry, told NBC News. Before the execution, a lower court agreed and ordered the device shut off, according to the AP, but Tennessee’s Supreme Court overturned the decision, ruling the judge lacked authority to intervene. Meanwhile, Nashville General Hospital — where Black’s device had been implanted — stated it never agreed to deactivate it and declined to participate, citing ethical concerns, according to The Washington Post. Tennessee executes inmate by lethal injection without deactivating his implanted defibrillator https://t.co/aVF7YtZI3w pic.twitter.com/cSd8tC3jFT — Eyewitness News (@ABC7NY) August 5, 2025 I have no sympathy for him at all. My only thought is I wish I was the electric chair instead, maybe we could have really seen some sparks! You kill three people including two kids aged 6 and 9, you should be skinned alive.  Be happy you got the lethal injection. But that’s just my opinion, what do you think?