Tennessee death row inmate cries out in pain during lethal injection after state refused to deactivate defibrillator implant

NYPost.com ^ | 8/5/25 | Anna Young

[GrandJediMasterYoda]

“Today, the state of Tennessee killed a gentle, kind, fragile, intellectually disabled man in a violation of the laws of our country simply because they could.”

[rktman]

Yeah, I remember wincing after I was sedated for carotid surgery......FRIGGIN’ NOT! They could have ended me and I would never have known. Well except I wouldn’t have seen who I thought I was gonna see. 🤔🙏😂👍

[nwrep]

I am laughing with delight. Thank you, Tennessee.

[Tell It Right]

Maybe Jim Acosta can interview his murder victims and ask how bad they feel about it.

[xp38]

The victims. No mention about cries of pain from them.

[larrytown]

Well, if the death penalty opponents had not done everything that they have to keep sedation and anesthetic drugs from being used ‘off label’, we wouldn’t have this problem, would we?

Any pain being experienced is directly the cause of death penalty opponents own actions.

[larrytown]

Well, if the death penalty opponents had not done everything that they have to keep sedation and anesthetic drugs from being used ‘off label’, we wouldn’t have this problem, would we?

Any pain being experienced is directly the cause of death penalty opponents own actions.

[alstewartfan]

Jim “Miss Cleo” Acosta?

[BigFreakinToad]

Preview what you will be getting in the afterlife.

[Menehune56]

Somehow I’m not getting all tore up here.

[mowowie]

We are having chicken parmesan over angel hair pasta tonight.
Can’t wait...

[redfreedom]

I wonder if the murdered girl friend and her daughters cried out in pain when they were killed? I bet this nice man put them permanently to sleep with no pain at all with tender loving compassion. /s/

[fwdude]

I wonder how his THREE innocent victims cried out in pain while he was murdering them? Did he forget to use anesthesia on them first?

[Sarah Barracuda]

awwwwwwwwwwww poor loaf..here let me pretend to give a damn..yeah, Im not that good an actress, sorry

[ClearCase_guy]

In the old Cagney movie “Angels with Dirty Faces”, Cagney ends up on death row, but he is a hero to younger hoodlums. The priests suggests to Cagney that he is not the role model the young boys need. At first Cagney seems not to care, and plays it tough. But, as Cagney is dragged to the electric chair he starts to scream and cry and his last moments are spent in fear. The younger guys start to rethink their futures after that. The priest is satisfied.

On the flip side, I think death row inmates are visited by activists who tell them that the death penalty is in place today only because it is “painless”. But — if you scream out in pain at the end, maybe people will believe you and decide that the death penalty is barbaric. In short: the inmates who scream at the end are faking, in my opinion.

[Leaning Right]

That quote is from an attorney. And that attorney is, at best, a fool.

Gentle and kind people don’t kill innocent people. And especially not children.

[Hot Tabasco]

Yeah, I remember wincing after I was sedated for carotid surgery.....

You're lucky you never had a horrible colonoscopy. The worse experience in my life was waking up and farting endlessly.....

Well, drinking all that crap the night before wasn't very pleasant either.....LOL!

[MtnClimber]

Maybe a televised firing squad would be better. Aim for the defibrillator.

[mowowie]

Gotta love how the NYP selectively omitts their comment section whenever a black is involved in the article..

[rktman]

Done it several times. Yeww! ‘Butt’ nothing of concern ever found. Couple beer cans, some change...... 😳😊👍